Earl of Henry Howard, 1517?–47, English poet.
a county in SE England, bordering S London. 648 sq. mi. (1,680 sq. km).
1890–95; after Surrey, England
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If you want to travel around the lake in style, rent a surrey bike, which Wheel Fun Rentals calls a “modern day carriage.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
Over the surrey period, the researcher documented only one potential unprovoked shark bite at one of the observed aggregation sites.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2023
To the far left is a surrey without a horse.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
As a little girl, growing up on the West Side of Manhattan, I had no idea where Oklahoma was, nor the slightest notion of what a surrey might be, but no matter.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 5, 2018
Why, we’ll sit high and happy in a surrey and get clear into King City in three hours—and what more in the world could you want than that?
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Wisley in Surrey has had 42 consecutive dry days as of Tuesday 29 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Parched brown fields cover the front page of the Independent under the headline "Scorched earth Britain", with the paper noting that Wisely in Surrey has seen "43 days with no rain".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
She told BBC Radio Surrey the pair used to live close by and they had worked together.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Wisley in Surrey has been one of the driest locations in south-east England, clocking up 41 days of no rain as of 28 July.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
How I blessed those stolid, flannelled figures, for in a few minutes his face had settled back into repose, the colour had returned, and he was deriding the Surrey bowling in healthy irritation.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
When it comes to the necessities, Virginia Beach ranks high with terrific healthcare options, thoughtfully designed transportation – including surreys and trolleys – and more than 200 miles of bikeways and trails.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2025
They’d flocked in autos, surreys, and buckboard wagons to bid their boys farewell.
From Slate ● May 16, 2020
A fondly hokey vision of a bygone America of box socials and surreys with fringe on top?
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2012
But traditionalists need not fear — Cape May retains its laid-back charm with mini-golf courses, 25-cent Skee-Ball games and families pedaling around on surreys and bicycles built for two.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2011
They included stagecoaches, wagons, private coaches, broughams, cabriolets, phaetons, buggies, and surreys.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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