surroundings

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Fairy-tale-like, just weeks earlier, local kids had stumbled into a discovery of ankylosaur tracks, so Tumbler Ridge rebranded to take advantage of its grand mountain views and spectacular surroundings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her rescuer, Cammy, said he was sure she would be well looked after in her new surroundings.

From BBC

Elephants are born with about 1,000 of these bristles, lead author Andrew Schulz told AFP, many of them anchored in the trunk's wrinkles to act like feelers and help the animals assess their surroundings.

From Barron's

New research suggests those early people changed their surroundings far more than scientists once believed.

From Science Daily

I stare at our sparse surroundings and try to imagine an even smaller city outside this one, but logic doesn’t add up.

From Literature