envelop
verb
en·vel·op
in-ˈve-ləp 
en-
enveloped; enveloping; envelops
1
: to enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
2
: to mount an attack on (an enemy's flank)
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a chronic mistrust of outsiders envelops that neighborhood, cutting it off from the rest of the city
the truth of the presidential assassination is enveloped in a dense fog of myths and conspiracy theories
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This French-language horror will keep you gripped throughout its slowly enveloping core mystery dripping with atmosphere.
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Just as smoke enveloped the back room of Forrester’s Bar and Grill during Daynard’s ham-radio confabs, sports-gambling advertisements blanketed even the trash cans of Boston.
—Sean Gregory / Boston, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
An arctic chill had enveloped much of the country, and Trump, this time, joined history in the Capitol Rotunda.
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Unfolding in the long shadow of World War II, Alejandro Amenábar’s gothic-horror film is set in a house just as enveloped by the dark.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Just as smoke enveloped the back room of Forrester’s Bar and Grill during Daynard’s ham-radio confabs, sports-gambling advertisements blanketed even the trash cans of Boston.
—Sean Gregory / Boston, TIME, 27 Jan. 2025
An arctic chill had enveloped much of the country, and Trump, this time, joined history in the Capitol Rotunda.
—Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Unfolding in the long shadow of World War II, Alejandro Amenábar’s gothic-horror film is set in a house just as enveloped by the dark.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Envelop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/envelop. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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envelop
verb
en·vel·op
in-ˈvel-əp
: to surround and enclose completely with or as if with a covering
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