as in to encircle
to form a circle around
she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal
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as in surroundings
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded
the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him
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Recent Examples of surround
Sam Khan Jr., The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The Missouri State Highway Patrol received 727 calls for service between 2 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Monday in their Troop A region, made up of 13 counties surrounding the Kansas City area.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024
Plus, a different finish for the center console and climate control surround trim other than piano black plastic.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Sarkisian apologized for leaving the field after a 2022 loss to Oklahoma State before singing the song, but since then the issue has faded from public discourse surrounding the football team.
—Sam Khan Jr., The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The Missouri State Highway Patrol received 727 calls for service between 2 p.m. Saturday and 4 a.m. Monday in their Troop A region, made up of 13 counties surrounding the Kansas City area.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Calacatta Viola marble surround matches the countertop in the nearby wet bar.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024
Plus, a different finish for the center console and climate control surround trim other than piano black plastic.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The jersey features Team Vitality’s bee logo, placed within the Eiffel Tower and encircled by a globe–symbolizing the team’s Parisian origins, plus its wider fanbase around the world.Matt Gardner, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Steve Gosney, a Daytona Beach public defender, moved his family to Miami to start a job training new prosecutors and helping shore up some of the ethical issues that have encircled the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office this year.Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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The investigation encompasses Tesla vehicles equipped with the Full Self-Driving driver assistance system, including 2016-2025 Model S and Model X, 2017-2025 Model 3, and 2020-2025 Model Y models.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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The Outer Continental Shelf encompasses the coastal waters of the U.S. and its territories — broadly covering areas up to 200 nautical miles from land, according to the Department of the Interior.Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Now, a team at Nagoya University in Japan has figured out two of the primary ways that these sneaky crickets manage to survive in such a hostile environment.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 16 Jan. 2025
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McDonald's and Meta, among other companies, have cited the legal environment as the basis for DEI policy changes.Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 16 Jan. 2025
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The movie also circles around themes of loss, betrayal, unrequited love, and loneliness — but it can easily be missed among the profuse amount of tinsel and blinking Christmas lights.Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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Outside, a helicopter that appeared to be watching the gathering below circled overhead, drowning out conversations.Edgar Sandoval, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025
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Fire tornadoes occur when intense wind combines with conditions in the atmosphere to produce clouds of smoke that reach 20,000 to 40,000 feet, Swain said.Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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The researchers suggest that these white lights arise due to a combination of heating in the ionosphere due to the surrounding aurora, as well as the chemiluminescence of some other gases in the atmosphere, possibly nitrogen dioxide.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
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Younger head coaches like Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State and Dan Lanning at Oregon have embraced college football’s new world, and both their schools are better for it.Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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The United States is not in retreat and has not embraced isolation.Bilahari Kausikan, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The district manager claimed that no Black & Mild cigars had actually been sold because the store’s point-of-sale system would have prevented a store clerk from ringing the product through the cash register.Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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Within a few days, over 12,000 homes and businesses had been destroyed as flames ringed the city.David Marston, The Denver Post, 14 Jan. 2025
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Similarly, an organization’s internal climate determines its capacity for performance, creativity, and resilience.Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Scientists say ice core samples are useful tools for investigating how the planet’s climate has changed over time.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Surround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surround. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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