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as in bandaged
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash
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as in enveloped
to surround or cover closely
a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin
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Recent Examples of wrapped
Police reportedly located the woman after reviewing a two-second security camera video clip, in which she was allegedly seen on a city sidewalk carrying something that appeared to be wrapped in a bundle and holding it as a person would typically hold a baby.
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Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
But some of its power remains wrapped in mystique.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
The baby girl was found wrapped in a blanket at the southbound 1 train platform at 34th Street-Penn Station during the Monday morning rush hour, police said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Two additional straps wrapped around her ankles, along with a buckle to secure the shoes.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
After the show starring the late James Gandofini wrapped its six-season run in 2007, Chase focused his attention on features, writing, directing and producing the 2012 film Not Fade Away and co-writing and producing The Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints Of Newark, released in 2021.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Production wrapped with over 2,000 recording hours logged to create unabridged adaptations.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Last year, a line of customers about 50 people deep wrapped around the block of his shop, waiting to buy his signature Key lime pies with sea salt-graham cracker crusts before the bakery ran out.
—Nila Do Simon, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Standing out is a spacious living room wrapped in vertical fir siding, plus a dining area that connects to a minimalist kitchen upgraded with newer stainless steel appliances.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
But some of its power remains wrapped in mystique.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
The baby girl was found wrapped in a blanket at the southbound 1 train platform at 34th Street-Penn Station during the Monday morning rush hour, police said.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2025
Two additional straps wrapped around her ankles, along with a buckle to secure the shoes.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
After the show starring the late James Gandofini wrapped its six-season run in 2007, Chase focused his attention on features, writing, directing and producing the 2012 film Not Fade Away and co-writing and producing The Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints Of Newark, released in 2021.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Production wrapped with over 2,000 recording hours logged to create unabridged adaptations.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2025
Last year, a line of customers about 50 people deep wrapped around the block of his shop, waiting to buy his signature Key lime pies with sea salt-graham cracker crusts before the bakery ran out.
—Nila Do Simon, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025
Standing out is a spacious living room wrapped in vertical fir siding, plus a dining area that connects to a minimalist kitchen upgraded with newer stainless steel appliances.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped
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Teasing the new season at the beginning of the first episode, which dropped on Thursday, the entrepreneur and reality star is seen going into an MRI scanner with her head appearing to be bandaged.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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His leg, now bandaged and propped on pillows, is missing five toes and the ball of the foot.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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Sheets of mist enveloped the mountain, sliding past each other.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The pork is perfectly seasoned and charred, then enveloped in a thick homemade corn tortilla that keeps its structure no matter how much tomatillo salsa is added.—
Natalie Hoy,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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This is not even the first time in the past year that Tyler’s old material has resurfaced online, spawning a familiar ouroboros of online discourse, shrouded in the language of accountability and well-meaning politics, that mostly serves to feed the beast of online engagement.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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The next movie from the multi-Oscar winning Everything Everywhere All at Once duo is shrouded in secrecy.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
15 Oct. 2025
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Marchers circled the courthouse in Lafayette where speeches interspersed with music could be heard later from a nearby park.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
20 Oct. 2025
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Marty’s child had attempted to answer each of the four questions but had had the assignment returned with their mistakes circled by the teacher.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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Southern California Edison, the utility that operates the now-shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, has released to the public some 1,749 images taken by robotic cameras during inspections of canisters enclosed in casks that store radioactive waste at the plant.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The incident took place in an area enclosed by a large decorative cutout designed to resemble a porthole in the side of the ship.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Adriana James-Rodil,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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The living room, encased in dark mahogany panelling, looked onto a drab alleyway filled with trash bins, and the apartment’s two floors were connected by a narrow spiral staircase that risked putting parents in mind of a broken neck.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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There is nothing better on a chilly evening than creamy chicken and vegetables encased in a buttery, extra flaky crust.—
Nellah Bailey McGough,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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But my opinion began to change in 2002, when a flamingo that was banded as a chick at Rio Lagartos was photographed in Florida Bay.—
Jerome Lorenz,
The Conversation,
14 Oct. 2025
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The banded sea krait, also known as the yellow-lipped sea krait, lives in shallow, coral habitats in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, according to Oceana.—
Bebe Hodges,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Oct. 2025
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Givenchy also created a replica of the five-strand pearl necklace that draped across Hepburn’s collarbone.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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Jw Pei Hana Tote Bag Made from a luxe-looking faux suede fabric, this medium-sized purse can be worn as a shoulder bag or draped over your wrist as a small tote bag.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Wrapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrapped. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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