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Recent Examples of gird
Verb
Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does every three seconds. Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025 There is an unwritten civility contract girding every aspect of Canadian society. Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025 Chicago drivers were girding this week for yet more delays from the seemingly endless Kennedy Expressway construction project, after the briefest of winter pauses. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025 There is an unwritten civility contract girding every aspect of Canadian society. Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gird
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gird
Noun
  • Under it, anyone who defames, insults or threatens the King, Queen, heir apparent, or regent faces three to 15 years in prison.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025
  • To suggest that the lawsuit is a look into the past insults understatement, and in the process calls into question the worth of the FTC.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • The styler uses the brand’s airflow technology to attract and wrap the hair around the barrel to curl, wave, smooth, and dry without extreme heat—much like its coveted blow-dryer.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 July 2025
  • The bathroom leans into luxury with a spa-like vibe, complete with a steam shower and a jacuzzi tub wrapped in marble and copper finishes—a perfect place to unwind after a long day, whether rehearsing a pas de deux or trying on clothes at Bergdorf’s.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 June 2025
Verb
  • Earth-moving robots equipped with folding mechanical arms, just under four feet wide, use artificial intelligence to tell the difference between clay and solid obstacles.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
  • Surprisingly, the new watch is equipped with the house’s first flying tourbillon.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Seven-year-old Zeina roams the hills that surround her village on a rusty bike.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
  • Naylor is surrounded in the Diamondbacks lineup by hitters like Corbin Carroll, Ketel Marte, Geraldo Perdomo, and Eugenio Suarez.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • For instance, some people strive to buy second homes and then spend time decorating and furnishing these homes.
    Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Philip Lyle Smith and Carla Ferreira-Smith hold the listing, which is being offered fully furnished.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 June 2025
Verb
  • As of Wednesday evening, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2025
  • These are classic Quad features have been updated and authentically engineered, and work alongside a larger rotary control for the analog volume stage and is encircled with orange LEDs to show the current volume level.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • But behind the sarcasm is the uncomfortable truth: today's kids are hyper-aware of how they're perceived.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 9 June 2025
  • Alternately, his tone was infused with contempt, sarcasm or genuine sympathy for his subjects who had been victims of brutality unleashed by the Gestapo or secret police of the Vichy regime.
    David Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • The expenditures have already boosted Greece’s relationship with major powers like the U.S. and France, Piccoli said, partly because these nations supply military equipment to Athens.
    Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 25 June 2025
  • After Belfield was arrested at the airport, Manchester police said he had been charged with murder, conspiracy to murder, manslaughter, conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to supply class A drugs.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 25 June 2025

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“Gird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gird. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.

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