walled

Definition of wallednext
past tense of wall
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Verb
  • He was surrounded by numerous family and Braves alumni during the ceremony, which was relocated from the field to the Milner Technology Conference Center due to rain.
    Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The department said on X that the incident occurred early Saturday when LAPD officers were trying to clear debris from the road and were surrounded by protesters.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • More affordable housing is set to be preserved in Charlotte, thanks to a local fund that has almost doubled its spending ability fueled by private sector investments.
    Desiree Mathurin April 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
  • While many of the building’s original features—including the soaring stucco ceilings decorated with a sun motif - have been preserved, the look and feel are more 21st-century magpie than slavish historical reverence.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Representatives from hostile states like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are circumscribed in their movements, typically limited to a small radius around their official posts—an embassy, a consulate, a permanent mission to the UN.
    Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Eventually, the area in the Pentagon where reporters were allowed was circumscribed to a single corridor outside the press room – even though the public affairs officers who worked most closely with reporters were in an office on the other side of the 6½-million-square-foot building.
    Kathy Kiely, The Conversation, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Adding to its appeal, the kitchen opens to the glass enclosed sunroom.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
  • To the left is a relaxed deck for post-dip chilling; to the right is the beautifully restrained restaurant, partly enclosed in a glasshouse with an undulating canopy roof.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But noise, as well as glare, are typically buffered with vegetative landscaping and setbacks, or the distance between the property line and the nearest structure.
    Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Though the dugongs are currently buffered from the conflict in the strait, Bartholomew noted that a spill reaching their coastal waters would pose a serious threat.
    Asuka Koda, CNN Money, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Barcelona closed in on a second consecutive La Liga title after Fermín López and Marcus Rashford scored to help earn its first win at Getafe in six seasons on Saturday.
    ABC News, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Public schools are closed in Massachusetts on Patriots' Day, as are all state, county and municipal offices and courts.
    Neal Riley, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • As part of conservation efforts in the 1980s and 90s, more than 800 otters were released in Missouri and waterways were conserved.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The country's National News Agency reported airstrikes and artillery shelling throughout southern Lebanon on Wednesday, including near Bint Jbeil, where Israeli forces have encircled Hezbollah fighters.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The country’s National News Agency reported airstrikes and artillery shelling throughout southern Lebanon on Wednesday, include near Bint Jbeil, where Israeli forces have encircled fighters with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
    Samy Magdy, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
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“Walled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walled. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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