surround
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Questions surround why it suddenly dropped from the sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The WTO’s economists have identified a number of reasons for the tensions that now surround world trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Other issues surround the company, including constraints on computing power and tight competition with OpenAI, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 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
I rolled my eyes and attempted to refocus, flexing to feel my bubble surround me.
From "Monday's Not Coming" by Tiffany D. Jackson
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Greengrass surrounds Garfield with actors who deliver bigger performances, like Jarvis as the brutish but shrewd Tyler, and Bell as the fervent Ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
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
The telescope is already enclosed inside Falcon Heavy's protective fairing, the shell that surrounds a spacecraft during launch and shields it from aerodynamic forces and the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
My family surrounds me as slowly, painfully, we continue up the trail.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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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
The statement added that “Duncan passed away last night surrounded by love.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
The city is surrounded by cattle producers and normally experiences its peak number of guests every three years during Beef Week.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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
A flurry of movement and noise surrounded me, but everything was blurred and spinning.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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The department said Minister Naomi Long "remains deeply concerned surrounding compassionate temporary release of Gary Anderson and his subsequent absconding".
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The area surrounding the fossil site has produced remains from numerous dinosaur groups, including sauropods, theropods, stegosaurs, and ornithopods.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The champion’s confidence remains undiminished, as he sees the rematch as an opportunity to put any debate surrounding that first fight in 2025 to rest and prove his place in the division.
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
And then she was gone, the swirling green surrounding her and pulling her back into the Mirror’s depth.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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