surrounding

Example Sentences

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Did they depend on heat from their surroundings like crocodiles, or did they warm their eggs directly like birds?

From Science Daily

Compass, one of the nation’s largest brokerages, filed paperwork on Wednesday to drop its lawsuit challenging Zillow’s rules surrounding the marketing of homes.

From Barron's

The mum-of-four said she was too embarrassed to tell loved ones about the type of cancer she had as she felt there was a stigma surrounding anal cancer.

From BBC

He was part of the team that won a Gerald Loeb Award for its series of stories on the corruption scandal surrounding 1MDB, a Malaysian investment fund.

From The Wall Street Journal

Betsie lifted it reverently from the box and held it up to the patch of light that struggled into the room over the surrounding rooftops.

From Literature