surround
Example Sentences
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Aerial images broadcast by local media showed protesters filling a main square and several surrounding streets.
From Barron's
As this molten rock pushed upward, it fractured surrounding rock layers, triggering thousands of earthquakes and tremors.
From Science Daily
Jackson, who had battled the neurodegenerative condition progressive supranuclear palsy for more than a decade, died at home surrounded by family.
From Los Angeles Times
A football scholarship to the University of Illinois helped Jackson pursue his ambitions and escape his poor surroundings.
From BBC
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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
