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surrounded

[suh-roun-did] / səˈraʊn dɪd /
ADJECTIVE
encircled
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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At the signing on Saturday, Trump was surrounded by the typical coterie of administration officials, such as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime proponent of psychedelics.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

In the city surrounded by fields of buttercups, collapsed buildings and gutted shops follow one another, from bakeries to florists.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Nearly 50 years ago, scientists identified metal-support interactions, where metal particles become surrounded by oxide materials such as TiO2 under strongly reducing conditions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

Since then, mystery had surrounded Burke until prosecutors charged him this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

We followed the path for a ways until dark trees surrounded us and the village had disappeared behind.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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