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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 stands were jam-packed, people lining all around the field, the field ringed with cars, people standing up to see from the back of their pick-ups.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
The damning element of the alleged Muchu Chhish summit photographs is that no tall peaks appear in the background, yet the mountain is ringed by other high points.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
The islands are ringed by coral reefs known for their biodiversity.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
The shutter release is on top in its expected place, and is ringed by the On/Off toggle.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 28 Nov. 2025
The damning element of the alleged Muchu Chhish summit photographs is that no tall peaks appear in the background, yet the mountain is ringed by other high points.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
The islands are ringed by coral reefs known for their biodiversity.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
The shutter release is on top in its expected place, and is ringed by the On/Off toggle.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
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Saint Ann’s, an elite private school that charges roughly $60,000 a year in tuition and is known for high Ivy League acceptance rates and attendees that include celebrities, artists and Wall Street executives, has been surrounded by scandal for nearly two years.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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The makeshift detention center, surrounded by chain-link fences, had detainees sleeping on brown bunk beds under bright, perpetual fluorescent lights.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Which neighborhood is being circled by ICE, which neighbor is being yanked from their house and needs observers documenting ASAP!—
Angela Pelster,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Two helicopters circled overhead.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Within moments, a small crowd of counter-protesters encircled him.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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The young woman’s remains were found encircled by about 10 dingoes, Australia's native wild dogs, on the beach north of Maheno Wreck, Wide Bay District Inspector Paul Algie previously announced in a press conference.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 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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Per The Monroe News, all three women are credited with working on the 1962 Friendship 7 mission, during which astronaut Glenn orbited the Earth, settling the score with the Soviets, who had accomplished the feat roughly one year prior.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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During and in-between each act, models traversed the arena, which had been fashioned like a street crossing.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
23 Jan. 2026
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Beneath the surface of one of South Florida’s busiest maritime hubs, Port Everglades, scientists found 10 million corals thriving in and around the main channel traversed daily by cargo and cruise ships, now threatened by a major federal dredging project.—
Teresa Tomassoni,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Ringed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ringed. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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