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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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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
The baseball traveled over the left-field wall and Perez circled the bases for the 313th time in his illustrious career.
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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
Burnham has circled a potential seat near Manchester for months.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
For more than a decade, MAVEN circled Mars in a highly elliptical orbit, measuring particles escaping into space and observing how the atmosphere responded to solar activity.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 June 2026
White was later seen standing with an unidentified person at the Crown Gas Station parking lot at Cross and Hanover streets when someone in a black Acura circled.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Then the plutocrats circled their yachts.
—Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Broccoli circled back to Spielberg a few years later for a favor.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to the shooting with several deputies and a helicopter that circled Jennings’ home.
—Seamus Bozeman
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
The mission will build on the Artemis II flight conducted in April, during which four astronauts circled the moon, traveling farther from Earth than any other previous space mission.
—City News Service, Daily News, 9 June 2026
Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
Burnham has circled a potential seat near Manchester for months.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
For more than a decade, MAVEN circled Mars in a highly elliptical orbit, measuring particles escaping into space and observing how the atmosphere responded to solar activity.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 June 2026
White was later seen standing with an unidentified person at the Crown Gas Station parking lot at Cross and Hanover streets when someone in a black Acura circled.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Then the plutocrats circled their yachts.
—Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
Broccoli circled back to Spielberg a few years later for a favor.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department responded to the shooting with several deputies and a helicopter that circled Jennings’ home.
—Seamus Bozeman
follow, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
The mission will build on the Artemis II flight conducted in April, during which four astronauts circled the moon, traveling farther from Earth than any other previous space mission.
—City News Service, Daily News, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for circled
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Metal barricades surrounded Madison Square Garden and police checkpoints were up around Penn Station as city officials scrambled to prevent a repeat of Wednesday night’s chaos, when dozens of fans were taken into custody after the Knicks’ historic comeback.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Entering his fourth year on the Falcons’ defensive line, Harrison is surrounded by new faces and new skill sets after a makeover on the interior.—
Daniel Flick,
AJC.com,
13 June 2026
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Not by measure alone, but presence — a dynamic force that others orbited.—
Dan Robson,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Tito orbited Earth 128 times and even did some science experiments.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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Adjacent to it, an informal dining space was conceived as a modern take on a veranda, with a circular table encircled by walls of glass on three sides.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
11 June 2026
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The venue is encircled by a towering curtain of oaks, poplars, and pines, and each note seemed to hang in the air for the rapt audience.—
Hillary Richard,
Travel + Leisure,
10 June 2026
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Volunteers and paid canvassers have traversed neighborhoods on foot to talk to local businesses.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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These cells already had complex interiors, with internal protein trackways traversed by motor proteins that move cargo within the cell.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 June 2026
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Here, rose-gold links are ringed with tiger’s eye chosen for the strength of its striations—the first time since the 1970s that the Maison has paired gold links with an ornamental stone.—
Taylor Stoddard,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
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These buds are aromatic and have a golden-green hue ringed with vibrant orange.—
Wendy Rose Gould,
Martha Stewart,
15 June 2026
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From prison gang to foreign terrorist organization With Guerrero Flores at its head, Tren de Aragua not only expanded its presence in Venezuela, but also reached other countries in the region and even, allegedly, crossed the Atlantic.—
Uriel Blanco,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Gricourt, who said his vows in both English and French, recalled the moment the newlyweds first crossed paths at a Paris bar in 2018 while Leila was studying abroad.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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Minutes later, a black party bus rounded the corner.—
Danielle Dorsey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Tyler Adams and Sergiño Dest rounded out the top five, tied at $7 million.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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“Circled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/circled. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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