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as in surrounded
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as in preserved
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walled
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Cunningham was surrounded at the time of his death by his wife and children.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026 -
The central stone is surrounded by a halo of 14 accent diamonds set in white gold.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
7 Mar. 2026
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Carefully preserved for more than 200 years, the rare artifacts are valued at $150,000 and $80,000, respectively.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
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Much of its limestone facing was preserved for use in the new 30th Street bridge.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
6 Mar. 2026
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Under the Constitution, the concept of a militia is a specific and narrowly circumscribed one.—
Larry Pino,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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But the apartheid regime became a police state that heavily circumscribed its white citizens’ lives, too.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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These habitats provide access to landscaped terraces, maximize natural ventilation, and are enclosed by energy efficient systems and facades.—
Adam Williams
March 06,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2026
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The sounds are most prominent near an underground yellow jacket nest, paper wasp nest, or the large, enclosed bald-fast hornet's paper nest.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
5 Mar. 2026
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Videos buffered and the streaming quality wasn’t always good.—
Lucas Shaw,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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Modern guitarists can reproduce Hendrix’s chain using separate plug-ins in digital audio workstation software, but the magic often disappears when everything is buffered and quantized.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Feb. 2026
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Many have closed in recent years amid economic headwinds.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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Mira Mesa Boulevard was closed in both directions between Flanders Drive and Genetic Center Drive while officers investigated.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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The state has conserved 70 acres of coastal land in Portsmouth thanks to settlement funds from an oil spill that marred area waters more than 20 years ago.—
Alex Kuffner,
The Providence Journal,
5 Mar. 2026
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Atlanta Track Club Galloway believed walking during a run reduced the risk of injury, conserved energy and kept confidence afloat.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Much like snowballs are composed of clusters of snowflakes, planetesimals likely arose within the disks of dust that encircled the newborn sun from clouds of pebble-sized objects pulled together by their mutual gravitational attraction.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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As is tradition for royal brides, Meghan wears a Welsh gold wedding band, and around their one-year wedding anniversary in May 2019, Harry gave Meghan an eternity ring encircled in diamonds.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Walled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walled. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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