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the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line
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Recent Examples of flanked
By the time the Portuguese flanked the west African coast in the late 15th century, the banana plant had already been cultivated there for centuries.
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Sophia Rey, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2026
Cornyn was flanked by a United States and a Texas flag, with a blue backdrop bearing his campaign logo behind him.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
Newsom signed the election safeguarding bill in his office, flanked by Cervantes, Umberg and Assembly sponsor Gail Pellerin, D-Santa Cruz, who was a Santa Cruz County elections clerk for nearly 30 years.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
But flanked by a dozen or so time-lapse cloud sequences, Maras and his cast strain toward a kind of biblical grandeur their painfully effortful film can’t reach.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026
Like many places in Switzerland, Oeschinen Lake is flanked by snowcapped peaks and alpine meadows, and offers more than its fair share of outdoor fun, including hiking and winter ice fishing.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
The dazzling stone was flanked on either side by two smaller diamonds and set on a simple gold band.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 22 May 2026
The 40-page editorial covering the past 30 years of haute couture is flanked by an interview given to the magazine on his 50-year-plus career.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
On Tuesday evening, on the steps of the Capitol, House members made their way down the stairs after casting their votes, some alone, others flanked by staff or trailed by a Hill reporter.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Sophia Rey, JSTOR Daily, 28 May 2026
Cornyn was flanked by a United States and a Texas flag, with a blue backdrop bearing his campaign logo behind him.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
Newsom signed the election safeguarding bill in his office, flanked by Cervantes, Umberg and Assembly sponsor Gail Pellerin, D-Santa Cruz, who was a Santa Cruz County elections clerk for nearly 30 years.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 27 May 2026
But flanked by a dozen or so time-lapse cloud sequences, Maras and his cast strain toward a kind of biblical grandeur their painfully effortful film can’t reach.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 26 May 2026
Like many places in Switzerland, Oeschinen Lake is flanked by snowcapped peaks and alpine meadows, and offers more than its fair share of outdoor fun, including hiking and winter ice fishing.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
The dazzling stone was flanked on either side by two smaller diamonds and set on a simple gold band.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 22 May 2026
The 40-page editorial covering the past 30 years of haute couture is flanked by an interview given to the magazine on his 50-year-plus career.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
On Tuesday evening, on the steps of the Capitol, House members made their way down the stairs after casting their votes, some alone, others flanked by staff or trailed by a Hill reporter.
—Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flanked
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The two beds can also be adjoined into a single double bed with an optional kit.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
19 Feb. 2026
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When first responders arrived, heavy smoke filled the air and flames were observed in the front corner window of the first floor of a 16-unit apartment building which is adjoined to two other apartment buildings.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Free Press founder Weiss, who joined CBS last October, had long telegraphed that major changes were afoot in an effort to remake 60 Minutes under a new ownership regime led by Paramount CEO David Ellison.—
Erik Hayden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
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The House voted 96 to 53 for the bill as four House Democrats joined with all 49 Republicans against the measure.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Folk music blared from a fenced area surrounded by rows of riot police in full gear.—
Jovana Gec,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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The characterful 850-year-old property is in the postcard-perfect town of Oberau, surrounded by pure air, pristine peaks, and crowd-free forest trails that inevitably propel guests towards a stress-busting nature immersion.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
Verb
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Between September and December 2020, Xu replaced the contents of coffee capsules, whiskey bottles and water bottles in colleagues’ offices with methylmercury chloride, an acute toxin that can be fatal if swallowed, inhaled or touched.—
Sylvie Zhuang,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Last year Amazon’s 14,000-plus layoffs touched nearly every part of the business, yet engineers were hit the hardest with job cuts, as nearly 40% of the 4,700 layoffs across New York, California, and New Jersey were engineering roles.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
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“Flanked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flanked. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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