hedged

verb

Definition of hedgednext
past tense of hedge
1
as in weaseled
to avoid giving a definite answer or position kept hedging whenever asked for an opinion on the matter

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2
as in housed
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers the prison was hedged by a high stone wall

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  1. housed
  2. shook
  3. surrounded
  4. included
  5. penned
Verb
  • These one- or two-room shacks housed, on average, six enslaved people and had, at most, one window.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Floodwaters have devastated the Biltmore Village, which is where the estate's employees are housed.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of housed
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  • But, starting in the 1980s, the repression of 1968 was discussed more openly as demands for democratic change shook the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The two shook hands at the top of the evening and repeatedly agreed with each other throughout the debate on the major issues facing the country.
    Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of shook
Verb
  • In the midst of honoring the actor’s life and successful career, the people who were close to him are also speaking about the circumstances that surrounded his death.
    Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Taking the stage in a baby-blue leotard — surrounded by a full band and back-up singers dressed in white — the 25-year-old pop star served up silky vocals and perky choreography before slinking over to Fallon’s interview set-up, taking his spinning chair for a ride and laying across his desk.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of surrounded
Verb
  • That included missing a wide-open man on a would-be TD down the middle of the field.
    Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Cash provided by investing activities included $235,733 of extension payments made to the trust, $204,460 of reimbursement from the trust of franchise and income tax payments, and cash withdrawn from the trust of $2,653,439 in relation to stock redemptions.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of included
Verb
  • The adaptation was penned by Duncan Macmillan and Thomas Ostermeier, with Ostermeier also directing.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Carnahan also penned the script, with Affleck, Damon, Luciana Damon and Dani Bernfeld producing for Artists Equity.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of penned
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