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However, those conditions were unclear, and in all likelihood he will remain in Swansea and provide depth on the flanks.

Sliced flank steak sponges the heat of the curry paste in which it’s stir-fried, along with eggplant and such tropical enhancers as lemongrass and lime leaves.

In mid- to late February—if you’re lucky and the snowpack delivers—you’ll catch Horsetail Fall, which flows over the eastern flank of El Capitan only during heavy winters.

It’s 2021, and there were Megan Rapinoe, 35, starting on the left flank and Carli Lloyd, 38, starting at striker.

The display now showed a cluster of bright pink and green polygons creeping over the east flank of the Sierras, near the town of Big Creek.

He speaks in a whisper, flanked by the two locals who set up the meeting.

After the scanning takes place, KSM is led down a long corridor flanked by chain-link fences.

Alberto Barbera, director of the Venice Film Festival, took the stage, flanked by a woman holding a trophy and a medal.

Her sons walked behind her, flanked by their father, the Prince; their grandfather, the Duke; and their uncle, the Earl.

“Technically the campus is a crime scene,” said Garcia, who was flanked by dozens of officers and college officials.

Above them ran the railway-line fifteen feet broad; above that, again, a cart-road of eighteen feet, flanked with footpaths.

"Slap your saddles on them fresh hosses," he grated harshly from the back of a deep-chested, lean-flanked gray.

It is an imposing church of red stone, the great entrance being flanked by low, square-topped towers.

Flanked on each side by a policeman, I pass through winding corridors, and finally ascend to the private office of the Chief.

And a very silent Sara Lee, flanked with pillow and blankets, who sat back alone and tried to recall the tones of Harvey's voice.

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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to flanked, such as: belted, bordered, surrounded, circumscribed, compassed, and defined.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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