Thesaurus results for CIRCLED

circled

verb

past tense of circle

as in surrounded

to form a circle around everyone circled the lectern and waited their turn to read from the Bible

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as in orbited

to travel completely around with a look of extreme frustration, the commander circled the new recruit

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Recent Examples of circled Military helicopter circled overhead, searching for survivors, assessing the disaster and mapping out possible rescue and evacuation routes. — Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 Military helicopters circled overhead, searching for survivors, assessing the disaster and mapping out possible rescue and evacuation routes. — Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026 Investors have another date circled with Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh, who is taking the stage at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026 Some fans had circled Monday on the calendar because of an apparel collection that combines Disney characters with all 32 NFL teams. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Aug. 2026 For those grocers running a produce department, that date's already been circled in red, because sweet potato casserole shows up on most American tables in late November. — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Nearly all of the Bears players circled the cart to wish him well before he was taken into the locker room. — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 Curtis unfolded a map of the museum with eight galleries circled in hot pink. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026 As Ohtani circled the bases, the bullpen turned into a mosh pit around Hurt. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Will Hichem stay clean, on the right track when he’s surrounded by people involved in illicit deal-making?

— Annika Pham, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of surrounded

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The orientation of the hotspots of Betelgeuse also added support to the idea that the red supergiant star is orbited by an elusive companion star.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon while Michael Collins orbited overhead.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

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The film itself was an odyssey of a shoot, as the cast traversed multiple countries and territories—Scotland, Italy, the Western Sahara, Greece—in all types of weather.

— Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026
Inside the operation, workers traversed a warehouse-sized maze of shelves, walking as much as 14 to 20 miles a day to fulfill orders.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 17 Aug. 2026

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Rent from Kayak Branson to paddle around Lake Taneycomo or Table Rock Lake, both ringed with golden hickory and oak trees.

— Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026
The fire began Saturday and grew to more than 23 square miles on Sunday across foothills ringed by neighborhoods near the California state line.

— Haven Daly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of ringed

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What followed was eight days of evacuation by the Royal Navy aided by a fleet of small private boats that crossed the English Channel to aid in getting the men off the beaches.

— David Szondy August 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
The move to Vegas crossed 18 years, involving two ownerships and five different locations – two in Santa Clara County and two in Oakland proper.

— Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

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The rest of the cast is rounded out by Mckenna Grace (Daphne), Tanner Hagen (Shaggy), Abby Ryder Fortson (Velma) and Maxwell Jenkins (Fred).

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2026
Utrecht in the Netherlands, Penang Island in Malaysia, and Aarhus in Denmark rounded out the ranking.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2026

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