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 Other area Costco stores are ringed around the suburbs, ten-plus miles from the urban core. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026 Even Kerameikos, the ancient necropolis Thucydides called the city’s most beautiful quarter, comes ringed not with tour buses but with the kind of neighborhood tables—Osteria Mamma, Proveleggios—that locals keep to themselves. — Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 In photo images shared by the Parks and Rec Department, an outdoor trash barrel sits ringed by bags of refuse collected next to a playing field. — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026 The normally wide-open expanse at the city’s heart has been ringed with security fences for weeks, ahead of World Cup–viewing parties, the Great American State Fair, and the 250th event on July 4. — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026 Jurassic World Canteen also serves a tray of dinosaur chicken nuggets arranged around a mashed potato volcano, flooded with barbecue sauce lava, and ringed with charred broccoli trees. — Jacqueline Dole, Southern Living, 30 June 2026 Set high on the Eordea Plateau and ringed by Lakes Vegoritida and Petron, the region is cooler and drier than the rest of Greece in summer, with temperatures hovering in the 80s. — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Annie and her husband, Tommaso Cioni, drove the roughly ten minutes to Nancy’s sprawling brick ranch, ringed by cacti, in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood. — Irin Carmon, Vulture, 29 June 2026 One, a large van, is blown out along the side, scarred by a large hole ringed by pieces of metal that look like a sculpture made of foil bending back upon itself. — Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ringed

Verb

While no official cause of death has been released and no charges have been made in Wells’ case, his death sparked racial tensions and widespread scrutiny after photos showed Wells surrounded by White friends while on the trip.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Like its rooms, all three restaurants face the ocean; don’t miss dinner at the Ocean Grill, where you’ll be surrounded by three walls of 30-foot-tall floor-to-ceiling windows.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

Definition of surrounded

Verb

Although the black hole itself is dark, it is orbited by a normal star with a mass 78% that of our sun.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026
The satellite has orbited Earth about once every hour and a half for more than two decades, and over time, friction with particles in the upper atmosphere has caused its orbit to decay.

— Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026

Definition of orbited

Verb

Bear tracks showed where a pair of grizzlies had traversed our island and swum to the far shore.

— John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
Some traffic traversed the strait on Tuesday, according to data and analytics company Kpler, which verified 41 crossings compared to 36 on Monday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026