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Verb
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The pandemic had closed in by then, and people were staying at home.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
3 May 2026 -
Thanks to a wise acquisition of Boyd Thermal, which closed in March, Eaton is now in the liquid cooling business.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
3 May 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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They’ll be surrounded by a fascinating array of co-nominees.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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His night ended with him appropriately surrounded in the locker room by teammates who were bleating like goats.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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“Cordoned (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cordoned%20%28off%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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