surrounding

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However, if you prefer to drive, limited paid parking is available at Exposition Park, the USC campus, and in surrounding surface lots and garages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Some schools in Belfast and the surrounding areas have closed early but the department has said that there is no blanket decision to close all schools.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

His attempts to strike out independently and build his own house fail spectacularly—the first in a storm of lightning and winged ants, the second in a foolhardy scheme to clear the surrounding brush with fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Uncertainty surrounding developments in the Iran war has failed to provide a lift to prices for gold, which has often been seen as a safe-haven investment.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Luckily, Mr. Gorringe has guards surrounding Cleopatra’s Needle day and night.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman