"encircling" meaning in English

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          "text": "She felt safe in her mother's encircling arms."
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          "text": "If, however, a series of motifs conjoin in their encirclings of a theme - within and beyond the \"subtext\" - they enliven the interplay among themselves and with the theme to which they are attracted over the turbulent abyss of time and space.",
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