- present tense form of surround (3rd person singular).
surrounds
Example Sentences
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The fairing is the large shell that surrounds a spacecraft at the top of a rocket.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Helbig, the real-estate agent, said the median home price in St. Louis County, which is the area that surrounds the city, was about $313,000 as of the end of July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
This time around, Pochettino should have a proper opportunity to make his imprint on both the team and the larger system that surrounds it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Together they have developed a new process that lets actors be filmed naturally -- no green screen, no motion-capture suit -- and then surrounds them with a hyper-realistic AI-generated world.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
He’s trying to keep a distance from the gas while steering us toward the water that surrounds the Cornucopia.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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