as in encircling
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as in encompassing
to form a circle around
she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal
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Recent Examples of surrounding
Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
How Mecklenburg salaries compare to other NC counties Salaries for Mecklenburg County employees outpace some of the region’s smaller surrounding counties and other major metropolitan areas.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
Others sprinted to the chain-link fence surrounding the pitch to dance alongside their supporters.
—Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
With ongoing uncertainty surrounding his playing status, the network’s stance signals a deliberate shift away from off-course drama and toward preserving the Masters’ golf-first presentation.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
The surrounding state of Uttar Pradesh is now India’s first to have five international airports.
—Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Add it to the growing canvases of her daughters playing at the sea, climbing the rocks, placing their tiny hands in the crevices of the walls surrounding the house.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Stars — particularly young, still-forming ones like those found in the central region of the Triangulum Galaxy — shape their surrounding environments with radiation, ionizing clouds of gas and causing those clouds to glow.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Zeckendorf, of course, is behind 15 Central Park West, still considered a benchmark for New York luxury, while Atlas has helped shape much of the surrounding West Village, including the nearby Google campus.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Since then, the bustling market serves the surrounding and significant Latino community and others.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
Eco effort The resort has officially banned a long list of items with potential to harm the surrounding environment, from Styrofoam to plastic straws.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
How Mecklenburg salaries compare to other NC counties Salaries for Mecklenburg County employees outpace some of the region’s smaller surrounding counties and other major metropolitan areas.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
Others sprinted to the chain-link fence surrounding the pitch to dance alongside their supporters.
—Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2026
With ongoing uncertainty surrounding his playing status, the network’s stance signals a deliberate shift away from off-course drama and toward preserving the Masters’ golf-first presentation.
—Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
The surrounding state of Uttar Pradesh is now India’s first to have five international airports.
—Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
Add it to the growing canvases of her daughters playing at the sea, climbing the rocks, placing their tiny hands in the crevices of the walls surrounding the house.
—Literary Hub, 23 Mar. 2026
Stars — particularly young, still-forming ones like those found in the central region of the Triangulum Galaxy — shape their surrounding environments with radiation, ionizing clouds of gas and causing those clouds to glow.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026
Zeckendorf, of course, is behind 15 Central Park West, still considered a benchmark for New York luxury, while Atlas has helped shape much of the surrounding West Village, including the nearby Google campus.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrounding
Verb
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Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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The rooms Spread over a handful of buildings encircling the central courtyard, Aleenta Retreat's 44 rooms range from spacious deluxe rooms with lounge-y balconies to two-story residences with two bedrooms and a small private courtyard with a plunge pool.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The saints’ days are celebrated, the great days of history are celebrated, and they’re celebrated with this sort of enormous exuberance and deep investment that is somehow very, very touching, very embracing, and very inclusive.—
Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
2 Sep. 2025
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Project Safe Neighborhoods already operates in another part of the city encompassing east Fort Worth neighborhoods such as the Stop Six and Poly areas.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 Mar. 2026
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Venus is so bright because of its relative proximity to Earth and its very reflective, totally encompassing cloud cover that reflects a lot of secondhand sunlight our way.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Gateway is modified to first repair the old 1910 tunnel immediately and construct a more economical new tunnel (without expensive and unneeded bench walls and cross-connecting passageways) and link it directly into Penn Station.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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So mature, his conviction, his instincts, his fearlessness, and to give something which is so different yet so connecting.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As a 10-day moon-circling mission, Artemis II primarily serves as a test flight, with the four-person crew testing systems and hardware ahead of a future landing.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The 2025 Galaxy XCover7 Pro enhances the rugged lineup with Circle to Search functionality, allowing field workers to instantly research tools or parts on-site by simply circling them on the screen.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The team led by Professor Daniela Kraft and researcher Mengshi Wei built the robots as flexible chains of connected segments.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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Add China’s broader strength in making EVs and connected cars, and robotaxi firms can tap a wide array of affordable, high-quality vehicles for their fleets.—
Nicholas Gordon,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Conservation nonprofit Save Mount Diablo and other groups are ringing the alarm on efforts to open about 700,000 acres of land to oil and gas leasing.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Henard walked down the corridor, bells ringing all around him, to the double doors heading out, where Ivy gave him his own bell to ring, right there.—
Caleb Hellerman,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Mane offered to reschedule, but Williams allegedly asked to speak to him in an attached recording room.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
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The site is being divided into several parcels, one destined for a Yokohama-like building with an attached hotel, another for housing, a third for shipping perishable freight.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Surrounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrounding. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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