- present participle of surround.
surrounding
Example Sentences
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However, if you prefer to drive, limited paid parking is available at Exposition Park, the USC campus, and in surrounding surface lots and garages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
This would "enable the restoration of an historic lost orchard along the Ridgeway corridor" and "enable the planting and maintenance of a thousand new trees surrounding and connecting the orchard habitat", the statement said.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Uncertainty surrounding developments in the Iran war has failed to provide a lift to prices for gold, which has often been seen as a safe-haven investment.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
When they escape from their captor, Jack is overwhelmed by the vastness and unfamiliarity of the milieu surrounding him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Clare reached up to remove his monocle, his sleeve catching on the bush surrounding him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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