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as in aligned
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as in surrounded
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Recent Examples of lined
Wells lined a ball that landed just fair down the right-field line.
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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
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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If someone pushes you to rush, keep your tone measured and propose a reasonable deadline that protects quality and keeps expectations aligned.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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In industrial inspections, for example, the drone can navigate tight structures while keeping sensors perfectly aligned.—
Etiido Uko
March 30,
New Atlas,
30 Mar. 2026
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My friend Thai, whose parents were part of the Weather Underground leadership, remembers his father, Jeff Jones, coming home one day to find their family’s Hoboken apartment surrounded by cops—a fire inspector had spotted his tiny crop of marijuana plants on the fire escape.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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More than a dozen police and emergency vehicles surrounded a U-Haul truck cordoned off with caution tape outside the stadium.—
Suryatapa Chakraborty,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 2026
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His potential tying 3-pointer rimmed out, but Texas wasn’t done.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, Cooke took an inbounds pass with eight seconds left, moved to her left and missed a 12-foot jumper that rimmed in and out.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The footage showed tubes with ruptures and other damaged structures that used to be inside the pressure vessel, which originally was enclosed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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As a precaution, the highway leading out of Izium to the next town has also been enclosed in a corridor of netting.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
17 Mar. 2026
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The next night, Weathermen placed plastic coffee cups filled with black powder under the hoods of police squad cars across Chicago.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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Quintal, who was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with injuries along with Wilson, was placed on workers’ comp leave.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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With the National Park Service still in the midst of a three-year renovation project to shore up the basin’s aging seawall in time for this summer’s anniversary, parts of the basin are fenced off.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Much of the 60-mile rail route from downtown San Diego to the Orange County border is fenced.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Pedicabs may not stage or operate in the area bounded by Grace Street, Newport Avenue, Halsted Street, and Racine Avenue.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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But also look at where Pelle Larsson was on that final play, raising his hands as if in victory when Durant’s shot bounded off the rim, instead of remaining in chase mode.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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Kansas City councilman Nathan Willett also filed to run for the seat after Graves’ announcement.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2026
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McKnight filed for custody of Dominique and her sibling in 2020, The Charlotte Observer reported previously.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Lined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lined. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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