surrounding

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This would "enable the restoration of an historic lost orchard along the Ridgeway corridor" and "enable the planting and maintenance of a thousand new trees surrounding and connecting the orchard habitat", the statement said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Uncertainty surrounding developments in the Iran war has failed to provide a lift to prices for gold, which has often been seen as a safe-haven investment.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

His attempts to strike out independently and build his own house fail spectacularly—the first in a storm of lightning and winged ants, the second in a foolhardy scheme to clear the surrounding brush with fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Though there’s significant hype surrounding the launch of R2, investors have been unimpressed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

They shimmied through a gap in the iron fence surrounding their school, just small enough for a Witchling.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega