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surround

[suh-round] / səˈraʊnd /


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Other issues surround the company, including constraints on computing power and tight competition with OpenAI, he said.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

On the Sony Pictures lot in Los Angeles, the writers’ offices surround a library stocked with reference books and cultural archives, including every issue of TV Guide dating back to the 1950s.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

Researchers at the LMS, Imperial and UCL wanted to understand where these cells are located in untreated tumors, what distinguishes them and which other cells tend to surround them.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Significant interest will surround how far he can take Delap.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

The blare of trumpets and the rat-a-tat of snare drums surround them.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Greengrass surrounds Garfield with actors who deliver bigger performances, like Jarvis as the brutish but shrewd Tyler, and Bell as the fervent Ball.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Nor is he satisfied with regularly televised Oval Office events, where he surrounds himself with administration officials singing hosannas to his greatness.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

Quiet and shadowy, it has a slowly mounting power in its depiction of the conspiratorial thinking that surrounds the chronovisor, which Ernetti suggested was suppressed by the Vatican.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

"While large, tabular icebergs are relatively common in the Southern Ocean that surrounds the Antarctic Ice Sheet, Arctic ice islands are far rarer," explains Dr. Anna Crawford of the University of Stirling.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

As he sat cross-legged on the wall that surrounds the pond, gazing out at the ships through his spyglass, Stuart noticed one boat that seemed to him finer and prouder than any other.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White

"Now I'm here surrounded by hundreds of people, by cameras. It's a bit overwhelming."

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

“I’ve talked to lots of Alaska reporters, and I’m very comfortable with that,” he said, wearing work pants and a puffer jacket, surrounded by his tools.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

The header image was an upside-down pink triangle surrounded by a red “no” symbol.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

Mendocino, dominated by Victorian and New England-style saltbox houses, is built on bluffs overlooking the Pacific and surrounded by dramatic coast and forest.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Was he surprised to see he was surrounded by fluffy white clouds!

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Citi expects companies linked to power generation and data centers to be more affected by the flow of news surrounding the midterm elections than semiconductor and memory stocks.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

The issues surrounding AI have prompted fierce debate - and present a dilemma for many world leaders.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Researchers often protect quantum memories from environmental interference using microwave pulses that separate, or decouple, the memory from surrounding noise.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

Kennedy has challenged the circumstances surrounding the cases, which are the first deaths involving measles reported in the country this year.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Even now, as she escorted the Incorrigible children on their first-ever outdoor bird-watching expedition, she could not help noticing the small white flowers scattered throughout the lush grass of the parkland surrounding Ashton Place.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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