surround
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Questions surround why it suddenly dropped from the sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Other issues surround the company, including constraints on computing power and tight competition with OpenAI, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
It hopes to dampen the speculation that would surround Borthwick if the end of his contract was tied to that of England's World Cup campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 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
In the darkness, I can make out the shadowy outline of the mountainous buttes that surround us.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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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
Be sure to check out Mendocino Headlands State Park, which nearly surrounds the village, and the Point Mendocino Trail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The cordon surrounds the scene, which is close to the fishing lake, and two camping tents - one of which is white with a navy blue trim - have been pitched.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
While controversy surrounds the embarrassingly blurry line between college football and the National Football League, our culture needs to take a moment to commend and steward the glorious tradition of high-school football.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Saint-Malo: Water surrounds the city on four sides.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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He noticed an unusually bright patch surrounded by a dark halo, a pattern suggesting that material on the lunar surface had recently been disturbed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
Pattison credits that to being surrounded by encouraging teachers and because of that the idea that it might be a male-centred workforce was not off-putting.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
She said he died at home, surrounded by his wife and family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
During August, the couple lived in Fontainebleau, a bucolic town southeast of Paris surrounded by forest and featuring a UNESCO-designated Château that royals, including Napoleon, once called home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
All the bustle surrounded a bathroom arrangement with a claw-foot tub.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Their findings suggest that successful alignment depends on several factors working together, including the storm's internal structure, the direction of surrounding winds, and environmental conditions around the cyclone.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The justice minister remains "deeply concerned" about the circumstances surrounding the temporary release of a convicted murderer.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
As Ed Sheeran prepares to continue his Loop tour as scheduled, read on to learn about what led to the controversy surrounding it and the ensuing fallout.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
After all the hype surrounding Apple’s new folding iPhone Duo, personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen test-drove its latest slate of releases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Luckily, Mr. Gorringe has guards surrounding Cleopatra’s Needle day and night.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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