ringed

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Leonard said ringed plovers were among the island's "schedule one protected species", meaning disturbing them at the nest is an offence under the island's Wildlife Act.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The barges were filled and covered with sediment to create a new island for birds including endangered dunlin, curlew, ringed plover and lapwing.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Ex-Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone and Austrian ski legend Franz Klammer were keen onlookers as a crowd of thousands ringed the finish area.

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

This week it was ringed by a fence emblazoned with the words “Empowering fresh starts together.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2026

They had taken away her physics books and the piles of dusty spiral pads full of lecture notes that had ringed her room, and she was confined to grounds again.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath