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
Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
Atlanta police and law enforcement in the surrounding counties are stepping up their actions against teen takeovers ahead of reports of another event this weekend.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The boy squire shines bright in the otherwise drab surrounds of the tourney campgrounds.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Verb
While a horde of reporters surrounded the usual KU stars in the locker room following the Jayhawks’ 68-60 NCAA Tournament win over Cal Baptist, several found their way to Mbiya.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
Atlanta police and law enforcement in the surrounding counties are stepping up their actions against teen takeovers ahead of reports of another event this weekend.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
The innovation here will be continual, with earbuds that can not only translate different languages but can also create a surround-sound experience with spatial audio.
—Karl Freund, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
The boy squire shines bright in the otherwise drab surrounds of the tourney campgrounds.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
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Mercy Culture’s pastors hung a candidate’s banner behind the pulpit, endorsed politicians during Sunday services, said that people who vote for Democrats weren’t truly Christian, and described Kamala Harris as a demonic Jezebel taking the form of a snake encircling the White House.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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Another 2 inches should stick out of the soil and encircle the plants.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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These days, Turcios’s politics encompass economic populism, America First nationalism, and religious authoritarianism.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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For years its axis had been shifting away from Europe and the West to encompass the growing numbers of Catholics in Africa and Asia… The conventional wisdom had always been that the cardinals would not choose an American pope.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
14 Mar. 2026
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By combining range, connectivity, and strike power, the new FPV drone could reshape how small teams operate in contested environments.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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The deals mark the first time SiriusXM Media and NCM will be integrated into a cross-platform media planning solution of this type, and will enabling advertisers to plan campaigns across streaming, CTV, digital video, audio and cinema environments within a unified framework.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2026
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Some names, like Marist’s Kate Harpring and Wheeler’s Colben Landrew, were circled by many before the week began.—
Jack Leo,
AJC.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Almost seven years after starting to build out its broadband constellation in low Earth orbit, SpaceX now has more than 10,000 active Starlink satellites circling the planet.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Instead of desultoriness—a common atmosphere in these sorts of stories—the prevailing mood is one of qualified happiness.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2026
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In a lot of ways, his performance set the atmosphere for the main event.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
14 Mar. 2026
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The garden was a jungle, overrun with vegetation, but its designer owners embraced the task as a labor of love.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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Haidilao has long embraced artificial intelligence and robotics in its restaurants around the world, including in its smart restaurant in Beijing, which features robot servers and automatic broth-mixing machines.—
Isabel Yip,
NBC news,
19 Mar. 2026
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The Russian anthem, which hadn't played at the Paralympics in more than a decade, rang out eight times at Milan Cortina after the victories of Russian athletes who were competing under their own flag again at the Paralympics for the first time since the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Grams roared, ringing across the hardwood.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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That activity has been the principal force reshaping our climate, but other sources of natural variability, like the El Niño Southern Oscillation, can also impact patterns.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Mar. 2026
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The climate-change assertion also has validity, according to the United Nations.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Surround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surround. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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