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 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 The property, patented as a mining claim in the middle of the 19th century, predates the creation of the national forest, a spit of private land ringed by public woods northeast of Idaho City. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2026 The longtime summer and retiree destination is ringed by small cabins and some larger homes. — Tammy Webber, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for ringed

Verb

The controversial issue that arose on July 8 surrounded a police interview with Robinson’s roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Recently released pictures show his coffin next arriving in Karbala, surrounded by masses of people.

— Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026

Definition of surrounded

Verb

Holloway has spent the decade since assembling one of the great featherweight résumés in company history, which is why a fight nobody circled in 2013 now headlines the biggest week on the UFC calendar.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
As astronauts circled the Earth, aquanauts moved into seafloor labs.

— Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026

Definition of circled

Verb

Isaac Newton's laws of motion and gravitation had since explained why the moon orbited Earth and why tides occurred.

— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 2 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

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
The first Spanish expedition to California in 1542 was followed about 220 years later when Gaspar de Portolá and Franciscan monk Junipero Serra traversed the coastal lands.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026