1
as in wrapped
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view wire girdling the bundle of firewood
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2
as in circled
to travel completely around
an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system
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3
as in surrounded
to form a circle around
the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn
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The devices were wrapped in black tape with nuts, bolts and screws, as well as a fuse.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026 -
Cut lime slices or halves can be wrapped in plastic and stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for five to seven days.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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As drones circled overhead, messages spread on WhatsApp, warning people to open their windows so that they wouldn’t be shattered by blasts.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
5 Mar. 2026
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The Nuggets were prioritizing forward depth on the buyout market in recent days, sources told The Post, but ball-handling was a key attribute team officials had circled in addition to size and versatility on the wing.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
2 Mar. 2026
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Cunningham was surrounded at the time of his death by his wife and children.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The central stone is surrounded by a halo of 14 accent diamonds set in white gold.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Much like snowballs are composed of clusters of snowflakes, planetesimals likely arose within the disks of dust that encircled the newborn sun from clouds of pebble-sized objects pulled together by their mutual gravitational attraction.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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As is tradition for royal brides, Meghan wears a Welsh gold wedding band, and around their one-year wedding anniversary in May 2019, Harry gave Meghan an eternity ring encircled in diamonds.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Boise State men’s basketball team has traversed the 2025-26 season without a true team leader, instead relying on individual nights of brilliance from one of several players to win games.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Mar. 2026
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In that same period, the total distance traversed by ships in the Arctic increased 111%.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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But as the title character and a partial avatar for Williamson — who had similarly spent his own teen years dreamily pining and aspiring to be a filmmaker — Dawson was the boy-next-door pillar around which the show orbited.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four planets on compact orbits close to their star, and all of which are seen to transit.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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There are smaller ocean islands, too, ringed by soft, golden shores and graced with sparkling lagoons and top-tier resorts.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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Johnson, 63, stands well above six feet tall, and his chin is ringed by a grey goatee.—
Brent Rose,
Outside,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Girdled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girdled. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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