Thesaurus results for SURROUNDED

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 At this season of my life, to be so warmly received by audiences and surrounded by so much love is a gift beyond words. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026 Things got uglier when Greenlaw was surrounded by Seahawks players, Jones stepped up to him despite not wearing his helmet, and then Greenlaw headbutted Jones. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Patterson had always worked from the sideline, but he also was always surrounded by staff members who knew his system well. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 The Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, was surrounded by piles of debris after it was stripped of roofing materials during a heavy hit from the hurricane last night. — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026 The property overlooks the Sandy River and is surrounded by Douglas fir and cedar trees. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2026 Todd Snider, sickly skinny and confused, sat on a bench surrounded by police and a few uniformed members of the Salt Lake City Fire Department. — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026 You’re surrounded by some of the city’s most important historical landmarks—but the history tucked away within the hotel is just as fascinating as everything that surrounds it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 In a screenshot from the video, Schmidt holds a microphone in one hand with the other arm lifted, surrounded by others making the same gesture. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

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On Sunday, the group effectively encircled the key city of Taiz after cutting the main supply route linking it to the interim government capital of Aden.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
With that official, the Astros encircled Espada in the visitors’ batting cage at Sutter Health Park.

— Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of encircled

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Flight data shows the plane turned around over Ireland and circled for a few hours, apparently to burn off fuel.

— Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
Indeed, Schwab took a pitch right on the play and pulled up to throw as Drew circled out of the pocket to the left.

— Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of circled

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At its Paris debut, the program encompassed 28 shoe styles and seven handbag styles, offering more than 1,000 possible combinations.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
For me, the name Peck not only encompassed the conflicts in the book (between twin brothers, capitalism and social good, originality and conformity) but also captured the constant ephemeral battle of proving how and why art matters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of encompassed

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This is a city full of glittering theater marquees and mint midcentury signage, and ringed with rail yards and the scars of an industrial center remade for human scale.

— Leslie Pariseau, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2026
The young sun was ringed by a rotating disk of gas and dust with the first building blocks of planets taking shape within it.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ringed

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Once such fallacious arguments were enthusiastically embraced, the horror of the Shoah was not far distant.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Although dominated by Democrats, the California Legislature has hardly embraced a wealth tax, even for the ultra-rich.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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