Example Sentences

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In Hollywood, Millennium Partners proposed a $1-billion residential and office development including two high-rise towers that would have flanked the famed Capitol Records Tower.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

In recent European qualifiers, Lauren Hemp and Beth Mead have flanked each wing like they did in the last Euros.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2024

Infrared and stereomicroscopic studies revealed traces of two wings, one pink, one blue, on panels that would have flanked the central piece, indicating angels.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024

Students have flanked the entrance to the House chamber, waving hand-drawn sketches and signs, while teachers and parents have pushed back against efforts to pour billions of dollars into hardening schools.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Third, across the line of retreat of those which may have flanked the mountain-ranges, or were stationed south of them, stretched the Mediterranean, an impassable barrier.

From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Dawson, Sir J. William