surroundings
Example Sentences
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Over the last couple of decades, the forest’s surroundings have developed fast: 200,000 new homes have been built around Bordeaux.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
Florence and its surroundings move Muratov profoundly, especially because this region best expresses the 15th-century Renaissance, or Quattrocento, in which he senses “the beating of a great heart pulsing with pure and noble blood.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bree is conscious of her surroundings but won’t withstand anyone’s mistreatment.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Together, these tools enable GPS-independent navigation while also helping the spacecraft track activity and objects in its surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
There is no one else in the tent, nothing disrupting the surroundings.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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