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verb

present tense third-person singular of surround
as in encircles
to form a circle around she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal

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surrounds

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noun

plural of surround
as in surroundings
the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him

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Recent Examples of surrounds
Verb
The pale beige brickwork that surrounds the home’s four fireplaces likewise invokes the dunes. — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026 Whether a black hole appears dark or dazzling depends largely on how much gas and dust surrounds it, not on the black hole itself. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 Authorities agreed to do something, said Spencer, whose farmland surrounds the crossing. — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026 Biddinger hopes the shrine at Queen of Heaven will help diminish the stigma that still often surrounds suicide. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 Courts are not operating in the same zone of scientific uncertainty that surrounds many glyphosate, talc, or social media claims. — Alex Smolak, STAT, 27 June 2026 The walk-on surrounds Naomi in ceremony, while the Nike kit represents the athlete in competition. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 The federal Big Cypress National Preserve surrounds the county land. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026 With Harry's anticipated return to the UK this week, much interest surrounds the very public royal rift and many are wondering if the brothers will reunite. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026
Noun
The boy squire shines bright in the otherwise drab surrounds of the tourney campgrounds. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026 While the large spring-fed lake serves as the centerpiece of this area, there’s much more to Lake Geneva and its surrounds. — Katy Spratte Joyce, Midwest Living, 31 Mar. 2026 The best spas in the world offer soothing surrounds, standout hospitality and treatment menus that are equal parts traditional and unique. — Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025 While some neighborhoods have gotten attention, the progress has been uneven and isn't reaching the same critical mass of development and redevelopment success that has benefited the downtown area and its surrounds. — Dana Afana, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025 In the sanitized and alienating new surrounds, with the camaraderie of the early Hyperion days but a faint memory, long-simmering discontent about working conditions wouldn’t take long to boil over. — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026 The debut Elora neatly brings together a white RV box and a white chassis, offsetting all that brightness with numerous windows enclosed by black surrounds matching the Promaster front bumper. — New Atlas, 3 July 2026 His 1965 Danziger Studio, a live-work space on Melrose Avenue, featured an uninterrupted stucco façade that blended seamlessly into the urban surrounds. — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Dec. 2025 Quince, San Francisco Chef Michael Tusk has combined his love of Northern Italian cuisine with his surrounds in Northern California to evolve classics like tortellini into modern American fare. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surrounds
  1. encircles
  2. environments
  3. encompasses
  4. atmospheres
  5. circles
  6. rings
  7. embraces
Verb
  • The butterfly encircles Larsson's eye, with its wings spanning the whole area from her inner brow to well past its tip.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 July 2026
  • In the center of Washington Park is a lagoon, which once weaved in a crescent shape around a peninsula in a configuration that annoyed boaters, but now encircles a central island called Bynum Island.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Definition of encircles
Noun
  • White settlers and frontier pioneers built vast, fenceless cattle stations, battling harsh environments and disease, embracing a hard-living culture that exists to this day.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • To ensure safety during outdoor work, adhere to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)'s recommendations by incorporating regular rest breaks in shaded or air-conditioned environments.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2026
Definition of environments
Verb
  • Spanning the southeastern coast of Mississippi and into the panhandle of Florida, the Gulf Islands National Seashore encompasses both parts of the mainland as well as the islands.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
  • Mental health encompasses more than just loneliness, including stress, anxiety and work-life balance.
    — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of encompasses
Noun
  • The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been probing for atmospheres around other rocky worlds orbiting red dwarfs, such as those in the TRAPPIST-1 system.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Ciba lets the competing atmospheres remain in tension.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2026
Definition of atmospheres
Verb
  • The gas giant circles its star at an unexpectedly close distance—about 50 times nearer than the Earth’s orbit around the sun.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026
  • Chapter 1 Randy Fields stalks through the newsroom, circles my desk and sits across from me.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
Definition of circles
Verb
  • In fact, the only thing that rings true is how the Three Lions end up exiting the tournament.
    — Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • But don’t tell that to winger Timothy Weah, who could be in line for his first start of the tournament as Pochettino rings the changes to keep his players fresh for the round of 32.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 25 June 2026
Definition of rings
Verb
  • How his work embraces the ephemeral, how that is expressed in pieces made to last much longer than a season.
    — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • As the fashion industry embraces these jerseys, some teams are leaning in.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 28 June 2026
Definition of embraces

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