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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  • Philadelphia School District officials told CBS News Philadelphia that schools are responsible for determining how students' devices will be secured during the school day.
    — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Knizner secured the ball, but the winning run scored as Knizner couldn’t get his foot on the plate.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of secured
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  • The official Walter Cup, presented when the Victoire beat the Ottawa Charge in four games to win the PWHL championship in May, is housed in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
    — Devon Henderson, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Among the 3,000 buildings the first licensed Black architect designed, from private residences to hotels, some of his most appealing—including one that formerly housed actor Denzel Washington’s family—can be found in Toluca Lake.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 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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  • Today, it's fenced off and closed to the public, with windows that have been vandalized and boarded up.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The National Gallery of Art, whose sculpture garden is along the course, has boarded up some of its outdoor works.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of boarded
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  • Videos have shown several soldiers shaking hands, sharing drinks and praying with the settlers camped outside the Palestinians’ homes.
    — Guy Davies, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In Pereira, families camped in Olaya Herrera park covered their tents with plastic, while flooding was reported at Hospital Universitario San Jorge.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 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
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  • The space station has had a leak on the Russian side for several years, and astronauts recently and briefly sheltered in a Crew Dragon during discussions of a fix.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • More than 38,000 people, including over 2,000 children, sheltered in Kyiv’s subway stations overnight, the system’s operator said.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 20 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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