parked

verb

past tense of park
as in located

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parked
  1. located
  2. situated
  3. positioned
  4. stationed
  5. deployed
  6. planted
  7. emplaced
  8. perched
Verb
  • Hours later, as the bodies of the children were being handed over to their families, scenes of anguish unfolded outside hospitals and in the neighborhood on the outskirts of Lahore where the private tutoring center was located in a house.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 1 July 2026
  • Troopers, assisted by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office and the Fort Worth Police Department, located the suspect nearby and took him into custody without incident.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Definition of located
Verb
  • It’s situated in downtown Sarasota near Sarasota Bay, putting you close to an array of restaurants and attractions like The Bay park and Selby Gardens.
    — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • This ancient Greco-Roman library was situated near Pompeii, just 11 miles from the base of Mount Vesuvius.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of situated
Verb
  • What could’ve happened had a ball been squared up, an outfielder been positioned differently or an umpire’s call flipped?
    — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • The Explorer, positioned between the Edge and Expedition, is Ford’s best-selling sport utility vehicle.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
Definition of positioned
Verb
  • German media reports say Kaufbeuren will host the system’s radar installation, while the interceptor launchers for the battery are expected to be stationed at the nearby Lechfeld air base.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
  • Volunteers are often stationed at ‘Ask Me’ desks through the airport.
    — Alexandra Phelps July 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Definition of stationed
Verb
  • After the twin quakes in Venezuela last month, 73 firefighters from Los Angeles County’s Urban Search and Rescue Team were quickly deployed to the devastation to help dig out and treat survivors from one of that country’s worst disasters.
    — Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • According to reporting by The Coloradoan, search and rescue teams deployed to the park following reports in the early afternoon of an incident involving a hiker on Kiener’s Route, a popular path taken to summit Longs Peak.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of deployed
Verb
  • Tillman planted the free kick in the back net, taking advantage of an open side of the net left by keeper Nikola Vasilj.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
  • This winning series captures a row of poplar trees planted along the banks of the River Po in Italy, which are natural guardians against flooding, now standing immersed in perfectly still water beneath soft, diffused light.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Definition of planted
Verb
  • The order affects several thousand engineers, scientists and technicians across every NASA center, and strips away long-standing union rights that were emplaced to protect more than half the agency's workforce.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Definition of emplaced
Verb
  • Le Tigrr Ermitage is the insider's pick—a hybrid Asian restaurant, cocktail bar, lounge, and club perched on the hill above Place des Lices, in the grounds of the historic Hôtel Ermitage.
    — Karli Poliziani, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
  • McGinley photographed models cavorting naked (always naked) through sand dunes in the Mojave Desert and pine forests in Vermont, in a frigid ice cave in upstate New York and perched above a rushing waterfall in Tennessee.
    — Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
Definition of perched
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