surrounds

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Over 140 drones were shot down over the Leningrad region, which surrounds Saint Petersburg, governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

Designed to exude a feeling of “understated luxury,” the well-appointed abode was built and decorated with only the most high-caliber materials, starting with its limestone facade, which blends beautifully with the greenery that surrounds it.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

As Chen De’an, head of excavation at the K1 and K2 pits, points out, walking into the elaborate complex that now surrounds the dig, “There was nothing here but fields.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

In life, she’s the kid who realizes that parents don’t love all their children equally, and instead of lamenting that absence, surrounds herself with a chosen family that values her as she is.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

It returned, Mai figured, back to the larger whole that surrounds us all.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan