flanked
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Dressed in a white shirt and a dark coloured tie, he sat in the dock flanked by four security officers.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
It is now flanked by a similar-sized area they call "the fridge", which they temporarily closed as a way to build up fish stocks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Kiesewetter agreed, saying the proposed legislation should be flanked by binding rules governing the private sector activities of former senior civil servants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The entrance to the loft space is flanked by colorful, translucent plastic strips, allowing light and people to easily pass through.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
They stood out because they were alone; the other marks paraded on and on across the paper, but these ones were flanked by white space.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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