as in surrounded
to form a circle around
a decaying, impoverished city environed by affluent suburbs
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The bear moved with great agility around the rock ledges that surrounded the camp.—
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The film recreates the circumstances that surrounded Hind Rajab’s actual killing in January 2024, in which Red Crescent volunteers struggled to send an ambulance to rescue the child, who was trapped under fire in Gaza.—
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28 Oct. 2025
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“Environed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/environed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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