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surrounds

noun B1
  1. Things bordering, adjacent to, or near something else; surroundings. · It was an informative guide to the city and surrounds.
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“The North is my home,” said the old lady, “and at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 10 · B2
Oh, sir, do you not think that you could help me, too, and at least throw a little light through the dense darkness which surrounds me?
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 37 · B2
A splendid park with fine old timber surrounds the house, and the lake, to which my client had referred, lay close to the avenue, about two hundred yards from the building.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 16 · B2
But the Count of Monte Cristo surrounds me with every paternal care, and I am ignorant of nothing which passes in the world.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 877 · C1

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