as in wrapped
to surround or cover closely
early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river
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Recent Examples of mantled
Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
Farms with multiple species also provide habitat for colorful and charismatic wildlife such as the endangered Yellow-eared Parrot and mantled howling monkey.
—Marianne Krasny, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mantled
Adjective
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To protect patients, especially those who need a lot of care and could otherwise face devastating medical bills, federal regulations require health insurers to limit how much patients can be asked to pay out of pocket each year for covered services.—
Jamie Hartmann-Boyce,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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Since 1999, Nicole has been a designer, copy editor, family columnist, and covered style, home design, gardening and other news-you-can-use topics.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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After a referendum, Iran became a constitutional republic, with universal suffrage, a president and a parliament, but one wrapped in a theocracy; ultimate authority rests with the supreme leader.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
22 Mar. 2026
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Sore knees wrapped in plump bags of ice.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Castro family has controlled Cuba tightly for nearly 70 years, their personal lives shrouded in secrecy.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Cal State San Marcos immediately shrouded its Chavez statue in moving blankets.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
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The roughly 2,600-square-foot structure is set into a sloping site and enveloped in the natural landscape along a private road.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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Delroy Lindo then enveloped him in a fatherly embrace.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
16 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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From a distance, the structures today resemble rows of high-rise apartments encased in steel.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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The membrane, which wraps around the battery like a skin, is a composite material comprising lithium chloride (LiCl), graphene oxide (GO), and active carbon fiber (ACF), all encased in a porous PTFE membrane and supported by a copper frame.—
Etiido Uko
March 04,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Mantled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mantled. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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