1
as in wrapping
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 circling
to travel completely around
an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system
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3
as in surrounding
to form a circle around
the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn
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Nice drive-by swipe there on a Tony Pollard carry as Jonathon Cooper was wrapping him up.—
Joe Nguyen,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025 -
Small Things Like These was shot between wrapping Oppenheimer and the awards run, with financing coming together when Murphy’s co-star Matt Damon joined as producer.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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The outlet also reported that a fire alarm was sounding continuously and that a helicopter was circling overhead.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Royal Oak parking meters will be closed during the festival to avoid traffic and circling cars looking for spots.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Additionally, Florida's Miccosukee Tribe claimed the facility impacted its access to the surrounding area and posed risks to the tribe's food and water supply.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
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Parts of it would be carved up and grafted onto surrounding Democratic-leaning districts, and a significant portion would be added to a new Latino-majority seat in central Los Angeles County, basically leaving Calvert with a viable district from which to seek reelection.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Several agencies have searched for Decker for nearly three months, traversing dense wilderness throughout the Pacific Northwest.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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The vehicle, which is finished in satin Astral Drift, also features redesigned front and rear bumpers with integrated tow hooks and skid plates to protect its underbody while traversing rough roads.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Sep. 2025
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Nonetheless, its economy has largely adapted to Western sanctions, and Russian forces are advancing in the Donbas, now encircling the city of Pokrovsk and steadily advancing toward Kostyantynivka.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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While most satellite internet services operate from single geostationary satellites orbiting Earth at about 22,236 miles, Starlink is a constellation of thousands of satellites that operate from a low-Earth orbit, about 341 miles up.—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Just the same, the Chiefs still have some stuff going for them that no one else in the NFL does — all orbiting around the mind-meld between one of the greatest offensive minds in league history and one of its most special talents.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Girdling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girdling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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