begirds

verb

present tense third-person singular of begird
as in wraps
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt a white granite boulder begirt with a band of dark gray

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  • Concourse’s slate also includes Parish starring Nicolas Cage, Dane Dehaan and Alexandra Shipp, which wraps production this week in Minnesota, and Vision Board starring Lucy Hale, which is currently in pre-production.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Above its three-story concrete lower walls the gallery’s structure becomes a lean, self-supporting steel diagrid (think of a giant Erector Set) that wraps around the orbiter without interior walls or columns.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
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“Begirds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begirds. Accessed 1 Nov. 2026.

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