Thesaurus results for CIRCLED

circled

verb

past tense of circle

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 Fittingly, the presentation featured models walking a path that circled around 10 horses inside a riding hall in the Bois de Boulogne. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 In Paris on Monday night, a police helicopter circled over Place de la Republique overnight, a central point in the weekend clashes, sweeping the square with a searchlight to check that the curfew was being observed. — Tom Nouvian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Over the past 100,000 years, Halley's Comet has probably circled the sun well over a thousand times, leaving a fresh trail of debris on every visit. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Democrats have circled Alaska, a typically reliable Republican state, as a winnable seat in their bid to flip the Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 The shooter circled, appearing to search for signs of life, and fired again. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026 Flight data shows the plane turned around over Ireland and circled for a few hours, apparently to burn off fuel. — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026 Indeed, Schwab took a pitch right on the play and pulled up to throw as Drew circled out of the pocket to the left. — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026 In some cases, the participants circled around actual roundtables, while some were standing in small huddles standing in the corners of the room. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

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And last year, two littermate kittens were hit a few hundred feet apart on a busy street surrounded by Naples subdivisions.

— Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Lorraine Eiler stood in the blazing August sun, surrounded by reporters, to offer a warning.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of surrounded

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But this may not be the final death of all the planets that once orbited the now-dead star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Endeavour orbited the Earth 4,671 times and traveled more than 122 million miles, which is about the same distance from Earth to Mars.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of orbited

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Al-Mughayyir, a town of 3,000 increasingly encircled by Israeli settlements, is about seven miles from Deir Jarir — the trip can take over an hour due to military checkpoints.

— Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026
Shamsan said fighting had intensified across the province as the Houthis deployed reinforcements to multiple fronts, with the city encircled on all four sides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of encircled

Verb

The candidates in the New York governor's race traversed the state on Sunday, looking to score late points with voters ahead of Tuesday's election.

— Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Up until that point, Australia had been the only continent to dodge the virus which has traversed the globe, leaving a trail of carcasses in its path.

— Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of traversed

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The tables were draped in salmon-pink tablecloths and ringed with bright red chairs, and each plate had a napkin folded into a swan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Enjoy the vistas outside on the private terrace or by the striking pool, located down a series of stone steps and ringed by umbrellas and sun loungers.

— Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026

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Likely landing in seventh place is Sony’s Resident Evil, which crossed $400 million at the global box office in its seventh weekend of release.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2026
Scarecrows found their way to the United States once immigrant farmers crossed the Atlantic.

— Victoria Hoffmann, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of crossed

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The hardware is rounded out by a 13-MP forward camera, four microphones, and two downward-facing speakers.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Nov. 2026
Anja Rubik Rubik rounded out the quartet with warm-toned blush and a darker brown lid, paired with eyeliner that rimmed her upper and lower waterlines.

— Arushi Jacob, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

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