Thesaurus results for CIRCUITED

circuited

verb

past tense of circuit

as in circled

to travel completely around after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside

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Fittingly, the presentation featured models walking a path that circled around 10 horses inside a riding hall in the Bois de Boulogne.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
In Paris on Monday night, a police helicopter circled over Place de la Republique overnight, a central point in the weekend clashes, sweeping the square with a searchlight to check that the curfew was being observed.

— Tom Nouvian, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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Zachary Jackson, aka Zack Jack, is a social media food critic who has traversed the Chicago suburban area reviewing the restaurants that often get overlooked by traditional media critics.

— Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026
His words are measured, but filled with the clarity and perspective of an artist who has traversed multiple eras, with the gravitas to show for it.

— Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026

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Some dwarf stars are small, dim stars that can be orbited by other dwarf stars or planets.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
Ellison revealed a logo menu that had Skydance front and center and large, orbited by tiny icons for brands like Warners and Paramount (along with CBS, HBO Max, DC, CNN and, perhaps just to balance out the graphic, Nickelodeon).

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

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On Sunday, the group effectively encircled the key city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking it to the interim government capital of Aden.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
With that official, the Astros encircled Espada in the visitors’ batting cage at Sutter Health Park.

— Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of encircled

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Iowa State crossed Arizona's 40-yard line three times, its only points coming on Kyle Konrady's 40-yard field goal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
While countries like Sweden and France are pursuing similar deep geological repositories, Finland has officially crossed the finish line first.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

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