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
Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said at least 100 people were arrested in Chicago and the surrounding area.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2025
The secondary bathroom is accented by a rich brown Emperador marble on the trim, tub surround, and floor tile.
—Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 29 Jan. 2025
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Verb
While not quite radical transparency, the update did loosen the rigid strictures that have surrounded top-tier franchises for the last 20 years.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 24 Feb. 2025
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said at least 100 people were arrested in Chicago and the surrounding area.
—Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
The restoration was made from a scan of the 16mm original camera negative, with the 5.1 surround soundtrack being mastered from DAT tapes by the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2025
The secondary bathroom is accented by a rich brown Emperador marble on the trim, tub surround, and floor tile.
—Kristen Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 29 Jan. 2025
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Verb
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Other ska-adjacent U.K. bands—Madness, the Beat, the Selecter—made a beeline for 2 Tone, and the reverberations would eventually encircle the globe.—
Ian Penman,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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Although dark, thick liner encircled her lash line, her lipstick was a more muted, peach-toned nude.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
14 Feb. 2025
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The list encompasses research in all 50 states, including 257 grants totaling more than $150 million to institutions in Cruz’s home state of Texas.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
23 Feb. 2025
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The national database encompassed nearly 150,000 federal officers and agents, from the FBI and IRS down to the Railroad Retirement Board.—
Tom Jackman and Elizabeth Dwoskin The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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Merz has been considered a potentially better match for President Trump than the current Social Democratic chancellor, Olaf Scholz, not least for his reputation for bluntness at a moment when Europe’s security environment is rapidly changing.—
Natasha Frost,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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This new environment is different in two substantial ways: 1.—
Jim VandeHei,
Axios,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The marker Christo used to circle the islands on black-and-white images was pink.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Bottom line, the bulls still have the upper hand—uptrend intact, earnings solid—but the bears are circling and getting stronger.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Serving many different customers The advantages of such a platform include superior image quality, less congested orbits, and natural debris removal as inoperable satellites are pulled down into Earth's atmosphere and burnt up.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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Fewer people on the slopes is also a huge bonus for skiers and the mountain atmosphere is much more relaxed.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, the rise of rapid release publishing encourages some authors to embrace faster, more intuitive writing methods.—
JD Barker,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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Still, a competition lineup shouldn’t be judged by its best films, but the strength of the entire selection — which is where Tuttle and her team could really assert their values, embracing a diversity of visions and voices, without ever losing sight of her audience.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Social media channels have been flooded by reported sightings of immigration officers and phones have been ringing nonstop.—
CalMatters,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The alarm was at once sounded by ringing the school bell and the fire department responded and had water on in a very short time, but the fire being all through the building inside the walls and partitions, its progress could not be checked.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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It was considered the largest investment in climate action in American history, earmarking $369 billion to clean energy and climate projects with the goal of getting the U.S. to net zero emissions by 2030 and boosting American industrial production in the process.—
Simmone Shah,
TIME,
27 Feb. 2025
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This rare geopolitical climate may not bode well for Iran's prospects of finally receiving state-of-the-art Russian weaponry.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Surround.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surround. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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