surrounded

verb

past tense of surround
as in encircled
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 surrounded While no official cause of death has been released and no charges have been made in Wells’ case, his death sparked racial tensions and widespread scrutiny after photos showed Wells surrounded by White friends while on the trip. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 Like its rooms, all three restaurants face the ocean; don’t miss dinner at the Ocean Grill, where you’ll be surrounded by three walls of 30-foot-tall floor-to-ceiling windows. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026 But the management had changed, and it was surrounded by new competition in the Aledo-Wllow Park market. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 The dirt was surrounded by 13 stars, one for each of the Colonies. — Ronald Blum, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 The controversial issue that arose on July 8 surrounded a police interview with Robinson’s roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 9 July 2026 Recently released pictures show his coffin next arriving in Karbala, surrounded by masses of people. — Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026 When the earthquake struck, Villafaña was in a fourth-floor room at the Santuario La Llanada hotel, formerly known as Negra Hipólita, perched on a hillside surrounded by vegetation in La Guaira, the state hardest hit by the twin earthquakes. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026 She’s surrounded by distinctive, lovable yet deeply flawed characters. — Judy Berman, Time, 8 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrounded
  1. encircled
  2. circled
  3. encompassed
  4. ringed
  5. embraced
Verb
  • Ferguson’s ring features a central ruby encircled by diamonds that resemble flower petals.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 July 2026
  • In the 1940s, the Queen switched rings, and began wearing a ladylike large pearl, encircled with diamonds.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026
Definition of encircled
Verb
  • Black-fly bites from the week before had crusted near our hairlines and circled our wrists.
    — John Todd, Outdoor Life, 9 July 2026
  • Earlier in 2026, a crew of four astronauts circled the moon without landing during the Artemis II mission.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Definition of circled
Verb
  • First quarters for offenses typically are encompassed by a set of 15 or so plays that are scripted to begin a game.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • The warning also encompassed the Santa Barbara south coast and mountains, where sundowner winds could gust to 35 to 50 mph and bring temperatures into the 90s along the coast and the triple digits in the foothills, according to the weather service.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of encompassed
Verb
  • Other area Costco stores are ringed around the suburbs, ten-plus miles from the urban core.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
  • Even Kerameikos, the ancient necropolis Thucydides called the city’s most beautiful quarter, comes ringed not with tour buses but with the kind of neighborhood tables—Osteria Mamma, Proveleggios—that locals keep to themselves.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
Definition of ringed
Verb
  • One theory is that English and European voices provide an air of authority, even legitimacy, to a sport which, while embraced by millions in America, is still ‘foreign’, certainly when compared to NFL, baseball and basketball.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • Home makeover shows dominated TV, house-flipping became a booming business, and first-time buyers embraced the idea of trading sweat equity for a lower purchase price.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of embraced

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