Thesaurus results for FLANKED

flanked

verb

Definition of flanked next

past tense of flank

as in adjoined

to be adjacent to the guards flank the center on a football team's offensive line

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Recent Examples of flanked Meghan’s engagement ring, designed by Harry with the help of Cleave & Company—Queen Elizabeth’s preferred jeweler—features a center stone sourced from Botswana, where Harry and Meghan fell in love over the summer of 2016, flanked by two smaller diamonds from Princess Diana’s collection. —

Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026 An angry Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper, flanked by a Funston victim and investigators who helped bring Funston to justice, called reporters to sheriff’s headquarters Monday afternoon to condemn the decision. —

Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 24 Feb. 2026 Zachary Schermele The president entered the chamber flanked by congressional Republican leadership. —

Zac Anderson, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026 So the Afghans, stranded, sat in a muddy no man’s land, flanked by armed border guards on both sides. —

Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 When the team’s charter flight entered Swedish airspace, two JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets flanked its plane and guided it home to Arlanda Airport. —

Michael Russo, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026 The Olympic rings illuminated in white appeared high on the stone stairs behind the stage, flanked by national flags, when one raised the flame in the center of the stage. —

ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026 Its exterior is flanked by construction cranes and scaffolding. —

Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026 The lawyers who flanked Gisèle Pelicot in court, protected her from cameras, took her to lunch every day so that she wouldn’t be intimidated by seeing some of the men who were on trial for assaulting her drinking beer and laughing together in a nearby café. —

Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026

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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
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