surround
verb (used with object)
to enclose on all sides; encompass.
has surrounded
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present perfectof surround (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Controversy has surrounded the publication of the final Amos report after one of the country's leading maternity investigators resigned over its conclusions.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
This is where people have started to get it wrong about Freddy, and about a lot of the ranch-flavored tourism content that has surrounded the World Cup.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
“The love that has surrounded our family during this unimaginable time has brought comfort in the middle of so much pain,” they said in the post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Now without Sonko's mentorship, Faye "has surrounded himself with people who enable him to fully exercise his functions", said Ousmane Sene, director of the Dakar-based research centre WARC.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
The more it is cropped, the more it branches and rebranches, pushing out laterally as its vertical growth is checked, till it has surrounded the central stalk on all sides with a dense, thorny hedge.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
