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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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When Kennedy approached the rider and grabbed the handlebars to check whether the bike was registered, the rider refused to get off and allegedly tried to pull away.
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Maura Higgins, breakout star of The Traitors, grabbed her best tennis whites to ace the style assignment at Wimbledon 2026.
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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 race weekend is no longer confined to the circuit perimeter.
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The enthusiasm surrounding the trend isn’t confined to one corner of the market, though.
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While once exclusive to skateboarders for their ease of movement, thanks to a crop of particular designers’ spring/summer 2026 collections—from Dries Van Noten, to Khaite and TWP—they’ve caught the eye of the fashion set, too.
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The circular logic of it would be darkly comic if tens of thousands of livelihoods weren't caught in the middle.
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Fees for the strait would be collected in consultation with the international community and through the International Maritime Organization, the official said.
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Shell has consistently been a close second to Chevron for high prices and fat margins, followed by the other large oil company brands, according to data collected and analyzed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA).
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The area last week was surrounded by surveillance cameras and patrolled by National Guardsmen as lifelong resident John Cates strolled the area.
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Piles of meat, cheese, lettuce and tomatoes surrounded the early risers.
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Your rich location history and device data get snatched up regularly in such fences by private companies; your present and past self travels through them constantly.
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But the fear of being snatched by ICE agents remains, Neel said.
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“Corralled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corralled. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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