flanked

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Savannah Guthrie, flanked by her fellow “Today” anchors at the desk, said she does not have comment on the new information and that she is not involved in the network’s coverage of her mother’s abduction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

The Conservative leader, who was flanked on stage by Lumsden and Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay, thanked voters for putting their trust in the party.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

As is the case throughout, the questioners—the chairman, played with snide malice by Michael McKean, is flanked by two “investigators”—are pious, bullying and laughably disingenuous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

"There are powerful interests desperate to protect their wealth and influence," said Fiji's head of delegation Sivendra Michael, flanked by supporters in T-shirts emblazoned with the slogan "Science is Not Negotiable".

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Sooner than she would have liked, the iron and glass gate of the castle appeared, latticework doors opened, and a dozen guards flanked the cobblestone path that led through the archway.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas