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as in bandaged
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash
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as in enveloped
to surround or cover closely
a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin
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Recent Examples of wrapped
In subsequent messages included in charging documents, Robinson referenced engraving bullets and leaving his rifle wrapped in a towel.
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Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
6 July 2026
Getty Images for Cannes Lions A week after Cannes Lions wrapped, most of the industry is back at their desks and the dust has settled enough to see what actually mattered versus what was just noise on the Croisette.
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Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
In his apartment officers found black and gray clothing Fleming wore during the robberies as well as a black duffel bag, a gun belt with a holster, a large sum of cash still wrapped in bank currency bands, and multiple guns.
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Mary Ella Hastings
july 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 July 2026
The energy carried into match day, as fans wrapped in yellow jerseys and scarves packed the KC restaurant an hour before kickoff.
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Christian Marshall,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
That summer came mere months after the 36-year-old pop superstar wrapped her all-encompassing Eras Tour.
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
4 July 2026
Page Six also reported that the fabric on the box was fastened with a wax seal and wrapped around a card.
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Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 July 2026
Guards at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, could see a detainee in his cell with one end of a bedsheet wrapped around his neck and the other tied to the door handle.
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Perla Trevizo,
ProPublica,
3 July 2026
To enter this anniversary uncritically — wrapped in flags and the mythology of manifest destiny — is to be bamboozled.
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Otis Moss Iii,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Nicki Brown,
CNN Money,
6 July 2026
Getty Images for Cannes Lions A week after Cannes Lions wrapped, most of the industry is back at their desks and the dust has settled enough to see what actually mattered versus what was just noise on the Croisette.
—
Ian Shepherd,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
In his apartment officers found black and gray clothing Fleming wore during the robberies as well as a black duffel bag, a gun belt with a holster, a large sum of cash still wrapped in bank currency bands, and multiple guns.
—
Mary Ella Hastings
july 3,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 July 2026
The energy carried into match day, as fans wrapped in yellow jerseys and scarves packed the KC restaurant an hour before kickoff.
—
Christian Marshall,
Kansas City Star,
4 July 2026
That summer came mere months after the 36-year-old pop superstar wrapped her all-encompassing Eras Tour.
—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
4 July 2026
Page Six also reported that the fabric on the box was fastened with a wax seal and wrapped around a card.
—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 July 2026
Guards at an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, could see a detainee in his cell with one end of a bedsheet wrapped around his neck and the other tied to the door handle.
—
Perla Trevizo,
ProPublica,
3 July 2026
To enter this anniversary uncritically — wrapped in flags and the mythology of manifest destiny — is to be bamboozled.
—
Otis Moss Iii,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrapped
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Pino is seen in the footage shirtless, in shorts and with his head bandaged.
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Both players had their heads bandaged and were substituted, for Chris Wood and Filip Jorgenson, after a stoppage of around five minutes.
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Almost too perfectly, a news release confirming the nuptials was sent out as rain started pouring and a sense of calm enveloped the area.
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From downtown Los Angeles to the San Gabriel Valley, tens of thousands were enveloped in unhealthful levels of smoke, even as some local officials told residents that the air posed no danger.
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Holloway has spent the decade since assembling one of the great featherweight résumés in company history, which is why a fight nobody circled in 2013 now headlines the biggest week on the UFC calendar.
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As astronauts circled the Earth, aquanauts moved into seafloor labs.
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Dense fog shrouded the Golden Gate Bridge and masked the city's fireworks display.
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The aesthetic details of what will happen beyond the loading docks have been shrouded in mystery.
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The first depicted a ripe banana duct-taped to a blank white wall—unmistakably, Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork Comedian—and the second featuring just the duct-tape on the wall.
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When authorities asked King to remove the breast banner as vulgar, King taped over the nipples with stars made of tape or Magic Marker.
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The debut Elora neatly brings together a white RV box and a white chassis, offsetting all that brightness with numerous windows enclosed by black surrounds matching the Promaster front bumper.
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Any interesting chemical reactions enclosed there would eat through the raw materials and grind to a halt.
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They have been named and banded, and their names were announced Monday — Buddy, Frankie, Mavis, and Tweedy.
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The physical distinction between eastern and broad-banded copperheads is minimal.
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The next shot shows the car encased in the home amid piles of crumbling plaster, split beams and bits of furniture.
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Over time, a soft split bun encased the sausage, creating something portable to be eaten standing at a fairground, during a factory break, or in the bleachers at a baseball game.
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“Wrapped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrapped. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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