Sentence examples for encompassed close from inspiring English sources

That spying web encompassed close to 1,300 targets in more than 100 countries, including many nations' embassies as well as non-governmental organizations and media companies.

Based on quantitative data from six industry cases encompassing close to 2000 engineers, complemented by interviews with engineers from five companies, this paper investigates the correlation between the continuity of continuous integration and size.

But the notion of 'local' also encompassed their close proximity, making them better at monitoring and responding to problems in a timely and apt manner.

Arnason said the numbers don't encompass anything close to the full extent of the problem here, especially considering most Canadians aren't aware of Cybertip.ca.

With the advent of the age of omics, investigations have reached beyond the nucleus to encompass the close biological communication and finely coordinated interactions between mitochondria and their nuclear cell mate.

(For Ms. Straus, then a senior associate producer on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago, sprinting to the Prada store before it closed encompassed the height of athletic interest).

Similarly, anti-head domain BnAbs targeting conserved linear or conformational nonlinear epitopes encompassing or in close proximity to the RBS in several H5 clades have been isolated from H5N1 survivors.

The four-times Olympic gold medallist, who endured a rollercoaster 2013 that encompassed the death of his close friend and fellow sailor Andrew Bart Simpsonon as well as a key role in masterminding one of the greatest sporting comebacks of all time for Team Oracle in the America's Cup, said a final decision would be made in the spring, once the rules had been published.