1
as in wrapped
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view wire girdling the bundle of firewood
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2
as in circled
to travel completely around
an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system
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3
as in surrounded
to form a circle around
the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn
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Forensic evidence and cover-up claims Prosecutors told jurors that McGuire shot her husband inside the couple’s Woodbridge apartment, dismembered his body, and wrapped the remains in black trash bags before placing them into suitcases.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026 -
That could be one takeaway from Sweden’s Göteborg Film Festival, Scandinavia’s biggest film-TV event, which wrapped Saturday after five days of vibrant discussion and dealing at its international marketplaces, the Nordic Film Market and TV Drama Vision.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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Which neighborhood is being circled by ICE, which neighbor is being yanked from their house and needs observers documenting ASAP!—
Angela Pelster,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Two helicopters circled overhead.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Saint Ann’s, an elite private school that charges roughly $60,000 a year in tuition and is known for high Ivy League acceptance rates and attendees that include celebrities, artists and Wall Street executives, has been surrounded by scandal for nearly two years.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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The makeshift detention center, surrounded by chain-link fences, had detainees sleeping on brown bunk beds under bright, perpetual fluorescent lights.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2026
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Within moments, a small crowd of counter-protesters encircled him.—
Ruby Cramer,
New Yorker,
23 Jan. 2026
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The young woman’s remains were found encircled by about 10 dingoes, Australia's native wild dogs, on the beach north of Maheno Wreck, Wide Bay District Inspector Paul Algie previously announced in a press conference.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
21 Jan. 2026
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As part of the demonstration, the G1 traversed a snowfield while autonomously tracing the outline of a Winter Olympics emblem measuring approximately 186 metres by 100 metres.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Feb. 2026
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But even across the EP’s brief 18 minutes, Hunt makes clear that there are still corners in this world ripe for discovery, mysterious doorways looming in the landscape, waiting to be traversed.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
28 Jan. 2026
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Some 350 light-years away, the V1298 Tau system features an infant sun-like star, just 23 million years old, orbited by four planets on compact orbits close to their star, and all of which are seen to transit.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Per The Monroe News, all three women are credited with working on the 1962 Friendship 7 mission, during which astronaut Glenn orbited the Earth, settling the score with the Soviets, who had accomplished the feat roughly one year prior.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
19 Jan. 2026
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The heart of East Troy is Village Square Park, anchored by a brick WPA-era bandstand and ringed with mature trees, indie storefronts, classic diners, and appealing restaurants.—
Sarah Miller,
Midwest Living,
13 Jan. 2026
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The cross, made of guayacán wood and ringed with precious metals, stands about eight feet tall and is believed to have been discovered, as if by a miracle, in a nearby cave in 1868.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Girdled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/girdled. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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