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as in housed
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
corralled everyone in the conference room for a speech by the CEO
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as in grabbed
to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly
corralled a scattering of stray pens and quickly stuffed them in the drawer to tidy the desk
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as in assembled
to bring together in one body or place
corral all the members of the tour group in the lounge
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Recent Examples of corralled
Mesa ran on first movement, but Jensen corralled a 95 mph sinker and made an accurate throw to Royals second baseman Michael Massey covering the bag.
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Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
About 10 minutes later, Senegal was having trouble clearing the ball out of its own half when Norway’s Patrick Berg corralled it.
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Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
23 June 2026
Messi stuck a boot back, corralled the ball, took a half-turn and fired a laser low and into the corner of the net past Zidane.
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Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Kobel corralled the ball again in the 90th on a close-range attempt by Ahmed Alaaeldin.
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ABC News,
13 June 2026
McDuffie undercut the pass and corralled the interception before the ball could touch the grass, creating cheers from his defensive teammates.
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Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
On the other end, Wembanyama contested a Jalen Brunson jumper and corralled the rebound off the miss.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
Teddy Glynn corralled a loose ball and broke toward the net.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
6 June 2026
With 27 seconds left in the frame, captain Gabriel Landeskog corralled a nifty feed from teammate Nathan MacKinnon from behind the Golden Knights goal — but couldn’t land a point-blank look.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Kansas City Star,
23 June 2026
About 10 minutes later, Senegal was having trouble clearing the ball out of its own half when Norway’s Patrick Berg corralled it.
—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
23 June 2026
Messi stuck a boot back, corralled the ball, took a half-turn and fired a laser low and into the corner of the net past Zidane.
—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Kobel corralled the ball again in the 90th on a close-range attempt by Ahmed Alaaeldin.
—
ABC News,
13 June 2026
McDuffie undercut the pass and corralled the interception before the ball could touch the grass, creating cheers from his defensive teammates.
—
Nate Atkins,
New York Times,
9 June 2026
On the other end, Wembanyama contested a Jalen Brunson jumper and corralled the rebound off the miss.
—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
Teddy Glynn corralled a loose ball and broke toward the net.
—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
6 June 2026
With 27 seconds left in the frame, captain Gabriel Landeskog corralled a nifty feed from teammate Nathan MacKinnon from behind the Golden Knights goal — but couldn’t land a point-blank look.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corralled
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The answers have housed over 1,000 refugees across 24 campuses — dining halls, health clinics, student volunteers, and all.
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The Caribbean’s most significant private collection of contemporary art is housed in this nine-bedroom villa at Viceroy Sugar Beach, which opened in February 2025.
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This is just one in a sweaty dungeon of hundreds of TikTok videos that show women being stalked, grabbed, tortured, tossed to the ground, and handcuffed by scary masked soldiers.
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Her mother asked what had just happened, and the girl related that Spencer had grabbed her.
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When compute, storage, and networking are designed, validated, and delivered as one system rather than assembled from parts that were never built to work together, the entire stack reaches production on a single timeline.
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Many of the drones can be assembled domestically, but Hezbollah is reliant on components from abroad.
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The suspect planned out his attack, and specifically chose a place that would be confined and populated, Patel said.
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Because for security reasons and all kinds of other reasons, you are confined.
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Transfer Josh Derry quickly caught the attention of his teammates and coaches, who raved about his explosiveness and his work ethic during spring camp.
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The vandals got to it, they’ve largely been caught and are being prosecuted.
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Link to earlier discovery The new findings come less than a year after Perseverance examined a rock called Cheyava Falls, which scientists described as one of the most intriguing samples collected on Mars.
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Last year, a petition to halt Big Bear Lake’s annual fireworks display collected more than 40,000 signatures from people concerned that the event would disturb the area’s famous bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow.
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Rosemaund sits in the agricultural heart of Herefordshire, surrounded by apple orchards and red, barley‑growing soils.
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Fatty acids are long chains of carbon surrounded by hydrogen atoms.
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On April 6, the Dream snatched Reese away from her frustrations with a dysfunctional Chicago franchise by giving the Sky first-round draft picks in 2027 and 2028.
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The Maple Leafs snatched up high-scoring Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh, a pending free agent, in a sign-and-trade for a fifth-round pick.
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