as in surrounded
to form a circle around
a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs
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By then, Pahlavi was surrounded by a younger entourage of analysts and advisers, some of whom were brash figures once associated with the country’s reformist student movement.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
New Yorker,
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Coming into March Madness, much of the conversation around TCU women’s basketball surrounded the dynamic duo of Olivia Miles and Marta Suárez.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Environed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/environed. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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