surrounded
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We ducked under a gate and surrounded Ernie as he headed to the locker room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
A squat little gem painted gold, filled with vermouth jelly, surrounded by blueberry toast.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
"It has taken almost two years, and even now I still don't know when I can divorce her," he says, surrounded by his legal paperwork.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In a letter posted online, he said quitting was "the only way" to end a "difficult period", but insisted the decision should not be "mistaken for an acceptance of the narratives that have surrounded me".
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Their ferocious love had surrounded him like a force field.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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