surround
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These features surround the galaxy's prominent bands of dust, providing a deeper look at the energetic environment hidden within its elegant appearance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
Now questions still surround his campaign about whether he can win over the Black voters who largely rejected him in the primary.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
The idea was to surround the young core with veterans and immediately become competitive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Scientists can use them to obtain information about atmospheric conditions in the region and understand changes in the planet's warmest ocean waters that surround the island - the tropical Pacific and Western Pacific Warm pool.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
They all surround me now, and I’m about to explode.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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The front hallway leads to a family room, where intricate built-in shelving surrounds a grand fireplace—one of four in the home.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
If we don’t get a “three-peat,” at least Dodger fans will enjoy the botanic garden and wonderful landscaping that surrounds the stadium.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
The cordon surrounds the scene, which is close to the fishing lake, and two camping tents - one of which is white with a navy blue trim - have been pitched.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Quiet and shadowy, it has a slowly mounting power in its depiction of the conspiratorial thinking that surrounds the chronovisor, which Ernetti suggested was suppressed by the Vatican.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Maybe there’s a reason Madame Bee surrounds herself with false mirrors, thought Aru.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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Kohen Wiley, aged one, was on his mother's lap in a moving car when officers surrounded the vehicle in the city of Senatobia on 14 June.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The youngest of his siblings, he grew up surrounded by his parents’ records, an older brother’s guitar and aunties who played piano.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The course is situated on an island in the Potomac River, and is currently surrounded by roads and paths frequently used by bikers, picnickers and for fishing.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
Antarctica is surrounded by a vast ocean, giving its sea ice plenty of room to spread outward during the Southern Hemisphere's winter.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Through another fence we arrived in a yard surrounded on three sides by low concrete buildings.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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He accepted the move would have "quite a lot of legalities surrounding it" but said the council would "work to run it out naturally".
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
A lava dome forms when relatively thick, viscous lava accumulates around a volcanic vent rather than flowing freely across the surrounding landscape.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The massive shoulder gives him weight and solidity; yet his frizzled hair becomes smoke, his expression remains impenetrable, and the surrounding darkness and dissolving lower torso undermine that physicality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
A watch commander was unable to immediately provide details on the circumstances surrounding Bryski’s arrest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
At last we came to a barbed-wire fence surrounding a row of wooden barracks.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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