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as in surrounded
to form a circle around
tall cypress trees ringing the park
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as in circled
to travel completely around
the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block
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Recent Examples of ringed
The bodies were found packed under 8 feet of snow in a small depression ringed with trees and boulders, the Sierra Avalanche Center reported.
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Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Luhrmann has also unearthed some hypnotic clips of Elvis performing live in Hawaii in 1957, wearing a shimmering gold jacket, his neck ringed with a lei.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
The frame is ringed by two dozen bottles for collecting water samples, like a flower with 24 petals.
—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Completed in 2016, Encore is designed like a large yacht with expansive decks lined with lounge chairs all ringed around one main pool.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
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Sacbee.com, 9 Mar. 2026
Luhrmann has also unearthed some hypnotic clips of Elvis performing live in Hawaii in 1957, wearing a shimmering gold jacket, his neck ringed with a lei.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
The frame is ringed by two dozen bottles for collecting water samples, like a flower with 24 petals.
—New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Completed in 2016, Encore is designed like a large yacht with expansive decks lined with lounge chairs all ringed around one main pool.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ringed
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Cunningham was surrounded at the time of his death by his wife and children.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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The central stone is surrounded by a halo of 14 accent diamonds set in white gold.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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On the winning play, Kastelic pounced on a loose puck next to goalie Jeremy Swayman, circled behind his net and made a long pass to the Kings’ blue line and David Pastrnak, who in turned relayed it to Charlie McAvoy for the game-winning goal.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Houses painted in bright primary colors circled the harbor, framed by white and purple lupines.—
Gina DeCaprio Vercesi,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Much like snowballs are composed of clusters of snowflakes, planetesimals likely arose within the disks of dust that encircled the newborn sun from clouds of pebble-sized objects pulled together by their mutual gravitational attraction.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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As is tradition for royal brides, Meghan wears a Welsh gold wedding band, and around their one-year wedding anniversary in May 2019, Harry gave Meghan an eternity ring encircled in diamonds.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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But as the title character and a partial avatar for Williamson — who had similarly spent his own teen years dreamily pining and aspiring to be a filmmaker — Dawson was the boy-next-door pillar around which the show orbited.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four planets on compact orbits close to their star, and all of which are seen to transit.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Boise State men’s basketball team has traversed the 2025-26 season without a true team leader, instead relying on individual nights of brilliance from one of several players to win games.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Mar. 2026
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In that same period, the total distance traversed by ships in the Arctic increased 111%.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Ringed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ringed. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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