surround
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Mr. Hargreaves’s account of the North African fighting does much to dispel the myths that surround Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the German tank commander and so-called Desert Fox.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
Other warehouses that surround the Medline Distribution Center were evacuated as a precaution.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
“Sculptural, light-filled, and profoundly livable, this architectural gem stands as a testament to Brouse’s signature vision a residence that celebrates artistry, space, and the boundless beauty of the hills that surround it,” it crowed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
It consists of filaments and sheets made of dark matter and gas that surround gigantic, mostly empty regions of space known as voids.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
A fireplace with raw brick showing where the wooden mantel and surround had been pried away and burned.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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