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as in to weave
to cause to twine about one another
decided to wreathe the grapevines into a beribboned swag to give the room the "country look"
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as in to salt
to scatter or set here and there among other things
wreathed small flowers into the design for the wallpaper
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3
as in to surround
to form a circle around
pretty ribbons wreathed the flower girl's braided bun
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Recent Examples of wreathe
On Friday night, the largest crowds ever to gather in recent Iraqi history came to protest peacefully, but noisily, against the government, wreathing entire buildings in flags.
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Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
As rescuers tried to move the plane off him, one lit a match for a cigarette, igniting gas fumes and wreathing the wreckage in flame.
—New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019
From there, the GRR1 heads northwest into a dense and impossibly wet woodland wreathed in arborescent ferns and carpeted with beds of moss two feet deep.
—Rowan Moore Gerety, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2019
In November, the district’s center — where the market, a sprawling park, a library, and shopping malls are clustered — was wreathed in tear gas for five consecutive days as police fought running battles with anti-government protesters.
—Hillary Leung / Hong Kong, Time, 6 Dec. 2019
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Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2019
As rescuers tried to move the plane off him, one lit a match for a cigarette, igniting gas fumes and wreathing the wreckage in flame.
—New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019
From there, the GRR1 heads northwest into a dense and impossibly wet woodland wreathed in arborescent ferns and carpeted with beds of moss two feet deep.
—Rowan Moore Gerety, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2019
In November, the district’s center — where the market, a sprawling park, a library, and shopping malls are clustered — was wreathed in tear gas for five consecutive days as police fought running battles with anti-government protesters.
—Hillary Leung / Hong Kong, Time, 6 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wreathe
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Her latest feature, The Ice Tower (La Tour de glace), is no exception, weaving a twisted retro fairytale that sits somewhere between Frozen and Mulholland Drive.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2025
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Watch the video | Rare 1,600-year-old purple fabric — woven with gold threads — found in France.—
Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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One solution is to sub in some unsalted or lightly salted nuts.—
Michael Merschel/ American Heart Association News,
Boston Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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Basically, the fields have been salted through 2031.—
John Hollinger,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Besides, from the youngest to oldest family members, there are plenty of benefits of being surrounded by pristine natural environments and breathing fresh air.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
AFAR Media,
11 Feb. 2025
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Alejandro is captured playing a vinyl record in a Seventies scene before a dream sequence of the singer surrounded by women behind a red curtain, seemingly seducing him and his thoughts.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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The solution is simple: Vary the height and position of your ponytail or braid slightly each time.—
Philipp Wehsack,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
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Mayers was dressed in a grey suit with his hair braided and kept a straight face, at times reclining back in his chair during the opening of the trial.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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To accomplish that goal, Lamont’s office inserted language into his budget proposal that would give him the authority to order the state’s 45-member Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee to allocate more $34 million over the next two years on his administration’s priorities.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2025
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He’s inserted the agency into regulatory approval of the merger since Paramount’s sale of CBS broadcast licenses to Skydance remains pending before the FCC.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away, considered close by cosmic standards.—
Gqlshare,
Orlando Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Sunday that geolocated evidence showed Russian forces occupied 89 percent of the settlement, but there was no sign that it had been encircled.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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It can be threaded through pant belt loops or cinched over a dress.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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The need to find a path forward is a very fine needle to thread at the moment.—
Georgia Rowe,
The Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Wreathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wreathe. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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