Center
Center verb - To bring (something) to a central point or under a single control.
Flanked
Both words in one sentence
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Doctor Who; the fiftieth anniversary special "Day of the Doctor" closes on this shot of the past incarnations of the Doctor,◊ with the Eleventh Doctor front and center, immediately flanked by Ten and the War Doctor.
Source: V-Formation Team Shot -
He makes his home atop the Dionysian Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, "resplendently convivial" in his plush leather recliner throne drinking beer and playing video games while flanked by beautiful women at the center of a non-stop party.
Source: The Hedonist - The Lavos Core is somewhat of a subversion, though; it is a normal-sized humanoid flanked by two small floating Lavos Bits; however, it soon becomes clear that the humanoid is not the actual Lavos Core, but instead the Center Bit.
Source: Cognizant Limbs
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