stabled

verb

past tense of stable
as in secured

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  1. secured
  2. housed
  3. ensconced
  4. boarded
  5. camped
  6. domiciled
  7. sheltered
  8. quartered
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  • Barboza, who hadn't secured a win since October 2023 and had taken significant damage in recent bouts, laid his gloves down in the octagon.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Glasner was also interested in Diomande at Crystal Palace, and has now secured his services to complete his back-three formation at the City Ground.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of secured
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  • The Museum of Rural Arts In 2008, a volunteer association in the hamlet founded the Museum of Rural Arts, which is housed in a historic monastery (Convento di San Girolamo).
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • All the walls lifted to reveal this much larger space where she was housed.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of housed
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  • Rodríguez remained ensconced in Caracas for a full day before visiting La Guaira and assessing the damage.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Stephen Cloobeck — a one-time California gubernatorial candidate ensconced in Democratic political circles — pleaded not guilty to witness tampering charges Friday related to a burglary case against his former paramour, OnlyFans model Adva Lavie.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of ensconced
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  • On July 4, a group of friends boarded boats and set out from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to celebrate the holiday on nearby Horn Island.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Varsovia Films produces with Uruguay’s Monarca Films, while Compañía de Cine has boarded international sales.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarded
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  • Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portola and his men camped along Tunitas Creek in 1769 during their expedition from Baja California to San Francisco Bay.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Tourists took charters and camped out to see the territory of Jackie and Shadow.
    — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of camped
Verb
  • Black people who were enslaved were undoubtedly domiciled here, but the same is not true of temporary visitors.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
  • Last December, Temu owner PDD Holdings—a multinational commerce group domiciled in the Cayman Islands and registered in Ireland that’s better known as Pinduoduo—had two of its global facilities raided by European Union regulators over worries over possible Chinese state subsidies.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 1 May 2026
Definition of domiciled
Verb
  • Hundreds others sheltered overnight at the Chiba prefectural government building.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Just below the chapel that gave the beach its name, close to Tinos town, the pebbly cove of Agios Markos (south) has some of the clearest turquoise water on the island, sheltered from wind and somewhat shaded by a stand of tamarisk trees.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sheltered
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  • The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope.
    — Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 13 June 2026
  • This side of deeply roasted, tender sweet potatoes comes quartered and seasoned with GK’s take on togarashi.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026
Definition of quartered
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