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as in surrounded
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as in preserved
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walled
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Carroll had a nice try in the 62nd minute when a corner kick found Auns, surrounded in front of the goal.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026 -
Nevertheless, you are surrounded by high energy that is keen to socialize.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
5 Apr. 2026
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Pritzker's office said hundreds of videos and firsthand accounts of the immigration crackdown already had been collected in October when the commission was launched and will be preserved for use in future legal proceedings.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
4 Apr. 2026
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My visa was stamped at passport control but not my actual passport, so no official trace of the visit was preserved.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Representatives from hostile states like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are circumscribed in their movements, typically limited to a small radius around their official posts—an embassy, a consulate, a permanent mission to the UN.—
Adam Ciralsky,
Vanity Fair,
19 Mar. 2026
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Eventually, the area in the Pentagon where reporters were allowed was circumscribed to a single corridor outside the press room – even though the public affairs officers who worked most closely with reporters were in an office on the other side of the 6½-million-square-foot building.—
Kathy Kiely,
The Conversation,
17 Mar. 2026
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Covered almost entirely in glass, the light and airy expanse hosts the bridge and a spacious open or enclosed lounge that can also serve as a gym and wellness area.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
1 Apr. 2026
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This Near Northside eatery still has seats open in its dining room, enclosed veranda and (weather permitting) outside patio Easter Sunday.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
31 Mar. 2026
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Delinquency rates are nearly double the rates from October 2021 but have taken longer to reach pre-COVID levels, buffered by rising home prices.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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The markets that lost their cable deals have been buffered to a degree by MLB’s revenue-sharing system.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Following extensive land cleanup, the conversion of Ford’s 122-acre Twin Cities Assembly Plant campus into housing and commerce at Highland Bridge remains an ongoing, stop-and-go effort, 15 years after the plant closed in late 2011.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
5 Apr. 2026
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The key shipping route, which Iran has effectively closed in response to US-Israeli strikes, lies in the two sides’ territorial waters.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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Some myosin classes, such as I and II, are widely conserved across many organisms, whereas others are more specialized and restricted to particular lineages—for example, certain classes are found mainly in animals and others in plants.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
3 Apr. 2026
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At the end of the day, all the partners in the project share a desire to see the state's natural spaces conserved and made available for recreation by Arkansans and visitors, Andrews said.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
31 Mar. 2026
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Some people lamented on social media the empty spaces around a pond that used to be seamlessly encircled by flowering pink blossoms.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The sapphire, encircled by 14 solitaire diamonds, was designed by the famed House of Garrard.—
Jessica Gibbs,
InStyle,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Walled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walled. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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