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surround

[suh-raund] / səˈraʊnd /


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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

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

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

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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