Thesaurus results for RINGED

ringed

verb

Definition of ringed

past tense of ring

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 tables were draped in salmon-pink tablecloths and ringed with bright red chairs, and each plate had a napkin folded into a swan. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026 Enjoy the vistas outside on the private terrace or by the striking pool, located down a series of stone steps and ringed by umbrellas and sun loungers. — Madeline Weinfield, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026 This is a city full of glittering theater marquees and mint midcentury signage, and ringed with rail yards and the scars of an industrial center remade for human scale. — Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026 The young sun was ringed by a rotating disk of gas and dust with the first building blocks of planets taking shape within it. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The lunar reactors would likely be ringed by no-go zones to reduce radiation risk for astronauts and machines, experts said. — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 Outside a rehearsal space in this city ringed by mountains, opera singer Michael Kuhn was practicing fly casting. — Annie Gowen, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2026 If your glasses always come out of the dishwasher looking cloudy or your faucets are ringed with white residue, hard water could be the reason. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Standard galactic black holes are ringed by a thick doughnut of gas and dust, which can block most X-rays. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ringed

Verb

And last year, two littermate kittens were hit a few hundred feet apart on a busy street surrounded by Naples subdivisions.

— Max Chesnes, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Lorraine Eiler stood in the blazing August sun, surrounded by reporters, to offer a warning.

— Ryan Devereaux, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of surrounded

Verb

Heading into the season, the Chargers might have circled Sunday’s game against Houston on their calendar.

— Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
Haula got a touch on Brian Dumoulin’s outlet pass at the red line before Kenny Connors skated it down, circled behind the net and found Haula down low for a backhand goal, his third of the season.

— Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of circled

Verb

Al-Mughayyir, a town of 3,000 increasingly encircled by Israeli settlements, is about seven miles from Deir Jarir — the trip can take over an hour due to military checkpoints.

— Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026
Shamsan said fighting had intensified across the province as the Houthis deployed reinforcements to multiple fronts, with the city encircled on all four sides.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of encircled

Verb

But this may not be the final death of all the planets that once orbited the now-dead star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Endeavour orbited the Earth 4,671 times and traveled more than 122 million miles, which is about the same distance from Earth to Mars.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of orbited

Verb

The candidates in the New York governor's race traversed the state on Sunday, looking to score late points with voters ahead of Tuesday's election.

— Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
Up until that point, Australia had been the only continent to dodge the virus which has traversed the globe, leaving a trail of carcasses in its path.

— Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026