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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
Their house is ringed with more than a dozen cameras.
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The flat plane, ringed by roads and segmented by straight paths, was orderly and open, an ideal stage for planting pavilions and managing crowds.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
At the corner of Central Avenue and Reserve Street stands a pale yellow basin ringed with silver taps.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Scratch Brewing Ava, Illinois Shaded by woods on all sides, Scratch’s patio is ringed by a retaining wall of river stone scooped from the creek behind the patio.
—Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
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Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
The flat plane, ringed by roads and segmented by straight paths, was orderly and open, an ideal stage for planting pavilions and managing crowds.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 9 Sep. 2025
At the corner of Central Avenue and Reserve Street stands a pale yellow basin ringed with silver taps.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Scratch Brewing Ava, Illinois Shaded by woods on all sides, Scratch’s patio is ringed by a retaining wall of river stone scooped from the creek behind the patio.
—Kate Bernot, Outside, 29 Aug. 2025
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Instead of pumping in conventional air conditioning, it was surrounded by proprietary glass panes filled with cooled water.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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One of the best places to stay is Villa Paola, a former 16th Century convent surrounded by a Mediterranean garden that overlooks the white beaches and rocky cliffs of the Costa degli Dei (Coast of the Gods).—
Gary Portuesi,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Sep. 2025
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The church building, circled by a parking lot and a large lawn, is near residential areas and a Jehovah’s Witness church.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The jet circled that area a few times before landing in Birmingham.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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The hills of Bethpage State Park create miniature valleys and canyons throughout the property, and in turn, the grandstands from the 15th to 17th holes create an amphitheater of chaos encircled by huge video boards.—
Brody Miller,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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By Saturday evening, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The young, cool star is orbited by four inner planets, one of which has just formed a large moon in the aftermath of a giant impact, followed by an asteroid belt, four gas giants, a Kuiper belt, and an Oort cloud.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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In 2024, Menon was part of a four-person crew of private astronauts who orbited Earth for five days as part of the Polaris Dawn mission.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Location and Set Curb traversed the city of Los Angeles for the majority of its twelve seasons.—
THR Staff,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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The project has traversed an impressive festival circuit, developing through labs at Dharamshala, Film Bazaar, HAF and Cannes.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Ringed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ringed. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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