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as in surrounded
to form a circle around
tall cypress trees ringing the park
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as in circled
to travel completely around
the line of season ticket buyers ringed the block
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Recent Examples of ringed
The park was once ringed by a fence but maintaining it has proved a challenge.
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Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Down the corridor, in a room ringed with computers, two residents were typing in the records of their last patients.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
More than just window shopping, you’re also treated to a skyline ringed by red cliffs.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
About 100,000 people gathered as airplanes circled overhead, doves were released and patriotic music ringed through the ears of attendees.
—Graham Hurley, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Down the corridor, in a room ringed with computers, two residents were typing in the records of their last patients.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
More than just window shopping, you’re also treated to a skyline ringed by red cliffs.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
About 100,000 people gathered as airplanes circled overhead, doves were released and patriotic music ringed through the ears of attendees.
—Graham Hurley, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Ringed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ringed. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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