Thesaurus results for FLANKED

flanked

verb

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 Doughty is flanked by deputy director of the Art Institute and Chicago Network member Sarah Guernsey. — Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026 While silent, music is very much present in her altar as guitars flanked either side of the set up, highlighting her family’s artistic and musical roots. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 The images were shared in no chronological order, each flanked by a brief caption and the respective date. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 Secured gates open to a driveway flanked by mature privacy hedges. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2026 Lurie was flanked by Eagles Hall of Famers including Brian Dawkins and Donovan McNabb and gave a brief halftime speech. — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 The central living/kitchen area is flanked on either side by a room. — New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2026 The birds’ job was to report the overall direction by pecking one of the targets that flanked the display. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 An Avery Boardman sofa bed wears a Pierre Frey fabric and is flanked by side tables from The Lacquer Company. — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

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Then, another 20-year-old man, Daktari Rose Deacon, of Hyde Park, left a bathroom that adjoined the bedroom, according to police, who searched the bathroom and found another loaded firearm with an extended magazine.

— Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 20 July 2026
Two double bedrooms and a single bedroom are tucked at the end of the main floor, and are adjoined by a large outdoor terrace.

— Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026

Definition of adjoined

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With two 30-point performances among his initial seven games, Lendeborg joined Hall of Famers Wilt Chamberlain and Rick Barry as the only other Warriors to do so.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
The public member of the joint review board, Jim Kucienski, who serves as chairman of the village’s economic development commission, joined the six other board members in attendance in voting to support approval of the TIF district, Hammel said.

— Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 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

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