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Recent Examples of lined
Multiple copies of Howl, Kaddish, and assembled collections of complete verse lined (and still line) my bookshelves.
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Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
And in the bottom of the seventh, Yoshida led off with a single, Trevor Story walked, Ceddanne Rafaela, pinch-hitting for Marcelo Mayer, lined a ball past the outstretched glove arm of first baseman Keith, but far inside the right-field line for a two-run single.
—Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Wells lined a ball that landed just fair down the right-field line.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Andrew Benintendi lined a fourth-inning sweeper from Ryan Bergert down the right-field line.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
And in the bottom of the seventh, Yoshida led off with a single, Trevor Story walked, Ceddanne Rafaela, pinch-hitting for Marcelo Mayer, lined a ball past the outstretched glove arm of first baseman Keith, but far inside the right-field line for a two-run single.
—Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Wells lined a ball that landed just fair down the right-field line.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Andrew Benintendi lined a fourth-inning sweeper from Ryan Bergert down the right-field line.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lined
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Crawford was eventually transferred to South Patrol for supervisory work, but her schedule was not aligned with the officers, which prevented her from supervising them effectively, according to the complaint.—
Ben Wheeler
June 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 June 2026
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The bill requires state grantees to craft literacy instruction plans aligned with the science of reading.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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Sitting in the dark press junket room surrounded by cameras and television screens, the brothers Wayans bounce jokes off each other and finish each other’s sentences like identical twins.—
Datwon Thomas,
VIBE.com,
6 June 2026
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The current patio is surrounded by plants and trees too.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
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Her clean look at a potential game-tying bomb with roughly six seconds left rimmed out.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
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Divide among 6 cocktail glasses rimmed with salt and filled with ice.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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The other five locations are enclosed or have retractable roof options.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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The teller’s arm swept around the long-hut, the circular walls of the fortress that enclosed them in its embrace.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Each person held their sarongs in different ways, over both shoulders or draped on one, around their necks, balled up in a fist, placed neatly on a lap.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Next week’s launch would have been only New Glenn’s fourth, after its third flight on April 19 placed a satellite for the company AST SpaceMobile in an orbit that was lower than planned because of a malfunction of the rocket’s second stage.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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The statue holds a commanding position in the array of statues in the park, which is currently fenced off from the public, in a commemorative gesture for the nation’s 250th anniversary.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
27 May 2026
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The working dimensions of Chisholm Ranch include rich pasture paddocks, white-fenced and stretching into the undulating distance, letting horses live outdoors, while barns and other housings provide shelter as required.—
Nielsen Dinwoodie,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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The idea, in a nutshell, is that AI’s input should be bounded by human initiative and direction.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Lam said that Vietnam recognizes that competition among countries is a reality of international relations, but highlighted that competition must be bounded by law, guided by transparency, and exercised with restraint.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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One of them was Benjamin Locke, a men’s soccer player with the Wolfpack who filed the original lawsuit in August 2022.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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The 21-year-old filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court to change her name to simply Zahara Marley Jolie, according to court records obtained by USA TODAY.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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“Lined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lined. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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