flanked

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Both players flanked Rabiot in the middle of the pitch, with the former Crystal Palace player finding himself in holding midfield positions at times, perhaps with a nod to using his long-passing quality deeper.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Over time, many Palestinian shops in the Old City have shut, and the once vibrant thoroughfare flanked by old stone buildings now stands empty.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

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

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

When he reached the neighborhood where he lived he passed through a certain narrow street that was flanked on one side by a smoke-blackened brick warehouse.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers