See enclose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian:",
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"sense": "surround, fence in",
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"code": "he",
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"word": "צרף"
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "ga",
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"word": "cuir faoi iamh"
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