as in to encircle
to form a circle around she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal
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as in surroundings
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him
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Recent Examples of surround
Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Diners dig in surrounded by a dizzying mishmash of décor, like a rotating roster of VHS tapes that play on a projector screen or artwork sourced from longtime customers and Indiana's finest Goodwill stores. —Usa Today Network, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 29 Mar. 2026 This segued to San Diego Comic-Con last July where the Drew Goddard adapted title took over Hall H’s surround screens at the city’s conference center. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surround
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Shelby says she’s not intimidated by being a ninth grader surrounded by older teammates. —Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 Diners dig in surrounded by a dizzying mishmash of décor, like a rotating roster of VHS tapes that play on a projector screen or artwork sourced from longtime customers and Indiana's finest Goodwill stores. —Usa Today Network, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2026
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Riachi created the custom travertine fireplace with a walnut surround, puncturing it with vertical openings and linear alabaster wall sconces to echo the screens in the entrance hall. —Amy Bradford, Architectural Digest, 29 Mar. 2026 This segued to San Diego Comic-Con last July where the Drew Goddard adapted title took over Hall H’s surround screens at the city’s conference center. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for surround
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Pink ribbons now encircle every post and sign as a gesture to our loss.— Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
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Jack Grealish was prone on one of the tables, encircled not by medical staff but members of the club’s Down’s Syndrome team.— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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Southeast Alaska, largely encompassed by a temperate rainforest, is no stranger to landslides.— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Wind Cave National Park is located roughly an hour south of Rapid City, and the park encompasses 44 square miles, with its biggest draw beneath the Earth’s surface.— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
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Although the pollution that inspired the Apollo era to rally for the environment is largely under control, decades of politicization have left humanity struggling to respond to the newer and more existential threat of climate change, Woodhouse says.— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2026
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Navy dive medical technicians are trained in both advanced diving operations and emergency medicine, with expertise in handling patients in extreme environments.— Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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News of his involvement comes following our story yesterday on McCarthy circling the project.— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
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Onboard anti-collision alarms sounded in both cockpits and both planes circled the airport before making safe landings.— Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
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During its high-stakes re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere, the Orion capsule faced extreme temperatures nearing 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.— Denise Chow, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026
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Orion entered the atmosphere on a steeper trajectory, shortening the heat shield’s exposure time to extreme heating.— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2026
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In the course of the narrative, as John is embraced by friends and assaulted by strangers, Jones’s storytelling veers between breakthroughs and setbacks with a rhythm so mechanical as to verge on metronomic.— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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In other photos, the pair embraced in front of Cinderella's Castle in the Florida theme park's Magic Kingdom.— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
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Yet all such arguments ring hollow today.— Sheldon H. Jacobson, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
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Barely wide enough to handle a summer crowd of single-lane traffic, pedestrians, and bell-ringing cyclists (not to mention the percussion of Away and Rimowa wheels on the pavement), Commercial Street runs nearly three miles along Provincetown Harbor.— Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
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The Associated Press’ climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday unveiled an action plan to guide the city’s climate goals forward, with a focus on reaching carbon neutrality by 2045, doubling local solar production and installing 120,000 electric vehicle chargers.— Daily News, Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
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