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surrounded

adjective as in encircled

Strongest match

Weak match

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The Leicester-born performer discovered his now signature characters while studying at Bristol University, where he found himself "surrounded by a whole new world of posh" and he couldn't resist turning it into material.

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It has led efforts to integrate the region, which is surrounded by Russia, China, and Iran, into a more cohesive economic and strategic bloc.

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Since its biggest one-day drop in over a decade on Tuesday, the debate has surrounded whether gold will regroup and push higher.

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Standing in the middle of a parking lot in suburban Washington, surrounded by hundreds of federal employees waiting for food handouts amid the US government shutdown, Diane Miller summed it up simply.

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When the jet landed, surrounded by reporters and photographers and even a news helicopter, an entire country fell into despair.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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