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
Instead of pumping in conventional air conditioning, it was surrounded by proprietary glass panes filled with cooled water.
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
One of the best places to stay is Villa Paola, a former 16th Century convent surrounded by a Mediterranean garden that overlooks the white beaches and rocky cliffs of the Costa degli Dei (Coast of the Gods).
—Gary Portuesi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
On a recent Friday morning, Pegasus slowly trots out of an elevator, surrounded by doctors and nurses.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
In a sentencing memorandum, Bedsaul said Turner was surrounded by violence, criminal activity and drugs for most of his life, including his father being sentenced to life in prison for murder when Turner was 22 years old.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
This same sales leader surrounded himself with yes people.
—Mita Mallick, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
The pair were also surrounded by candles, rose bouquets, flower petals and photos of themselves during the special moment.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
This isn’t the first time that the couple was surrounded by cheating rumors.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025
By and large, however, those cases did little to grant asylum-seekers legal protections, whether at the base or in the international waters that surrounded it.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Sep. 2025
One of the best places to stay is Villa Paola, a former 16th Century convent surrounded by a Mediterranean garden that overlooks the white beaches and rocky cliffs of the Costa degli Dei (Coast of the Gods).
—Gary Portuesi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
On a recent Friday morning, Pegasus slowly trots out of an elevator, surrounded by doctors and nurses.
—Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
In a sentencing memorandum, Bedsaul said Turner was surrounded by violence, criminal activity and drugs for most of his life, including his father being sentenced to life in prison for murder when Turner was 22 years old.
—Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2025
This same sales leader surrounded himself with yes people.
—Mita Mallick, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
The pair were also surrounded by candles, rose bouquets, flower petals and photos of themselves during the special moment.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
This isn’t the first time that the couple was surrounded by cheating rumors.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2025
By and large, however, those cases did little to grant asylum-seekers legal protections, whether at the base or in the international waters that surrounded it.
—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrounded
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By Saturday evening, the fire crew successfully encircled the entire perimeter of the fire in control lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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After eons of construction, the bandages came off Willoughby Square last year to reveal Abolitionist Place, a one-acre enclave of greenery, water, leisure, and play designed by the landscape-architecture firm Hargreaves Jones and encircled by skyscrapers.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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The church building, circled by a parking lot and a large lawn, is near residential areas and a Jehovah’s Witness church.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The jet circled that area a few times before landing in Birmingham.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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In fiscal year 2024 — which encompassed much of former President Joe Biden’s last year in office — ICE deported about 271,000 non-citizens, according to the agency’s annual report.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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The final results, accepted by the Boston Election Commission on Monday, also led to Wu, Kraft and Cappucci picking up votes in the partial recount, which encompassed five of the city’s 22 wards.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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Behind the facility, a large parking lot is ringed with fences topped with razor wire.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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That aged Scottish owl was found two miles from where it had been ringed nearly a quarter of a century before.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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The seven-time Grammy winner has long been embraced by fans for pushing boundaries and using her voice to advocate for human rights — something the star says has been a guiding light for her.—
Melody Chiu,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The result was Radius, a boutique label at The Weinstein Company, that embraced simultaneous VOD releases at a time when that was still taboo.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Surrounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surrounded. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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