circled

verb

past tense of circle
1
as in surrounded
to form a circle around everyone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible

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2
as in orbited
to travel completely around with a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit

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Recent Examples of circled On the day Tran was ambushed, the vehicle circled the area 16 times before the shooting, according to investigators. — Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Citing the arrest affidavit, Law&Crime reported that Simpson allegedly approached another boat at a high rate of speed and circled the vessel several times before anchoring about 10 feet away. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 In fact, the young actor and his father have circled similar roles before. — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026 Roberts didn’t have a specific day circled to resume playing catch, and Ohtani didn’t provide one, either. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 When things didn’t consistently click with the Baltimore Orioles, the Cubs circled Gausman as a possible change-of-scenery candidate, perhaps the next Jake Arrieta. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 Pestonit pointed to the sky, where vultures circled on the thermals. — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 Faena staff in luxurious red capes circled around them, serving light bites and cold martinis. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026 During the group stage, the team from tiny Curaçao, after a 7-1 loss to Germany, circled in prayer on the pitch. — The Monitor’s Editorial Board, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circled
  1. surrounded
  2. orbited
  3. encircled
  4. traversed
  5. ringed
  6. crossed
  7. rounded
Verb
  • This autumn, the brand will open its first flagship at 35–37 Sloane Square in London, surrounded by premium lifestyle neighbours such as Tiffany & Co and Aesop.
    — Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Hudson-Smith went into the stand and up the stairs to pose next to his name, draped in the British flag, but was surrounded by too many empty seats.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of surrounded
Verb
  • Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon while Michael Collins orbited overhead.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
  • When Galileo orbited Jupiter, its high-gain antenna did not fully deploy, meaning the probe was never able to record detailed video of Jupiter's atmosphere as hoped.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of orbited
Verb
  • The pendant, which is encircled by diamonds, also includes a heart between the initials.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Lining the outer cell membrane, at the base of the cilia, were simple structures, each encircled by a single membrane.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2026
Definition of encircled
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  • The bottom line An imperfect borrowing climate which has solidified thanks to an extended Fed rate pause will need to be traversed carefully.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Around 100 commercial vessels traversed the strait on a typical day before the war.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of traversed
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  • Each of the statues sits on a granite pedestal ringed with 36 stars, representing the states in the Union at the end of the Civil War.
    — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Six years after the first vote, the site is still an aging arena ringed by parking lots.
    — Zack Defazio Farrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2026
Definition of ringed
Verb
  • Rutherford sailed past the Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden just a few days ago, and crossed into waters controlled by the Russian government this weekend.
    — Henry Larson, NPR, 9 Aug. 2026
  • And South Sudan's first World Heritage site, the Boma–Badingilo Migratory Landscape, protects a vast sweep of savanna, wetlands, and floodplains crossed by one of the world's largest terrestrial mammal migrations.
    — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of crossed
Verb
  • When exact change cannot be provided, cash totals that end in one, two, six or seven cents may be rounded down to the nearest amount divisible by five.
    — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Wearing her waist-length brunette tresses in a middle part, Woodley rounded out her glam with a barely-there makeup look consisting of dewy bronzer, mauve blush, and a matching shade of lip balm.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of rounded

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