stationed

past tense of station
as in appointed
to assign to a place or position stationed guards around the perimeter of the encampment

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Recent Examples of stationed Daemon brings troops and his dragon Caraxes, but holds out on laying siege for as long as possible, especially as Ormund has stationed children on the battlements and in front of the gates to the city. Jennifer Maas, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026 After Assad's ouster Russian troops remaining in Syria gradually left the country except for those stationed at the bases. ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026 Law enforcement plans to remain stationed at entrances to the community through at least Tuesday. Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2026 He was stationed as a lieutenant colonel in Wiesbaden, Germany, which meant that Reese spent the first four years of her life with her family in Europe. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Aug. 2026 As a result, some Lee’s Summit voters were asked to use the ADA-compliant alternative polling machines stationed at every poll instead of getting a paper ballot. Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 Currently, about 2,000 troops are stationed in Iraq; 2,300 in Saudi Arabia; 3,500 in the United Arab Emirates; 4,000 in Jordan; 8,000 in Bahrain; 10,000 in Qatar; and 13,000 in Kuwait. Michael Fuchs, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026 Police barriers channeled traffic toward the crossing, and water cannons remained stationed nearby. Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026 Ryder Williams, a 16-year-old lifeguard stationed at Tower 2, spotted Nathaniel losing his footing. Sophia Leone, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • With another peak in the ’80s thanks to films like Risky Business and Top Gun, the sunglasses continue to dominate pop culture today—just ask rapper A$AP Rocky, who was appointed the brand’s first-ever creative director in 2025.
    Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Hyde-Smith, first appointed and then elected in 2018, is using a familiar playbook of portraying her Democratic opponent as too liberal for Mississippi.
    ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • The group placed light detectors called photodiodes on the ground and on board a high-altitude balloon, which collected data on the light patterns before and after totality.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Chicago White Sox on Friday placed Joey Bart on the IL with a fracture in his left hand.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026

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“Stationed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stationed. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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