surrounded
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By those standards, today we would be surrounded by conscious machines.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026
"He passed away peacefully of complications due to pneumonia, surrounded by his family," his daughters Emily and Daisy said.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
In 2012, a team of researchers investigating reports of synchronous fireflies stayed at their bed-and-breakfast in Kellettville, Pa., a small community surrounded by Allegheny National Forest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Panish reminded jurors that witnesses testified that, in the September 2020 incident, Grossman and her then-lover Erickson were racing their respective Mercedes SUVs on the roads that surrounded the lake in Westlake Village.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The island is surrounded by mountains that shoot up to the sky.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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