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There are hazardous materials and broken power lines. Basic services, gas, water, waste disposal, healthcare and much more needs to be re-established, the city was surrounded by an ocean of fire only a few days ago but Fort McMurray and the surrounding communities have been saved, and they will be rebuilt. – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
I am grateful to the court for putting an end to this long ordeal?, i am so happy for my father that he can now live his life in peace, surrounded by his friends and family. – Shari Redstone	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Loud bursts of gunfire erupted, there was heavy volume of fire. We ran to a church compound and the police surrounded us. – Norma Capuyan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We are badly injured, we are alone, we are surrounded and there are really no reinforcements left to come to our aid. – Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant	Found on CNN 8 years ago
No, not at all. There would have been no point. Donald Trump is 6 foot 3. I'm 5 foot 9, maybe. He's a giant man surrounded by thousands of followers, 12 Secret Service and a former Ohio State offensive lineman. That would have accomplished nothing. i thought my chances of getting up on stage and getting to the podium would have been better. – Thomas DiMassimo	Found on CNN 8 years ago
She told me that MGM was like a big family, that when she signed with MGM, she became part of that family. They took care of her, she wasn't afraid even at her age to go out there by herself because she was surrounded by people to help her. – Sheila Tate	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Vogue is the place that we go to look at beautiful clothes and fancy places and escapism and so I feel like if the story reflects me and I happen to be wearing a beautiful Prada dress and surrounded by beautiful men and dogs, what's the problem? if they want to see what I really look like go watch the show that I make every single week. – Lena Dunham	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It touches the heart no matter who is singing, but women bring a certain warmth, the ones that enjoy it the most are the big burly guys that you wouldn't expect. We went to a motorcycle shop near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. There was this big man with tattoos surrounded by all these motorcycles and we started singing and tears were rolling down his eyes. – Toula Oberlies	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Sometimes you feel ashamed of yourself, you are choosing places where others are going to be bombed and you are surrounded by protection, their houses are protection. – Marcell Shehwaro	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They spotted incidents in a more organized way when groups of five, 10 or 15 young guys surrounded a girl dancing in order to harass them sexually, these incidents happened during big concerts with crowds of 20,000 people. – Roger Ticalou	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I think there's also something that happens to you when you land only an hour and a half after you take off from Miami, Florida. And in that much time, you're in a country surrounded by people who have had absolutely no experience or dependence on comfort in their entire experience. ... This is a culture of people who, every time a child's fever rises, has to just wait and see if they're going to die, and they've persevered through these kinds of basic hardships with so much strength. – Jacob Ostreicher	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The men surrounded us and started to grab our behinds and touch our crotches, they touched us everywhere. I wanted to take my friend and leave. I turned around and in that moment someone grabbed my bag. – Henriette Reker	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The government compound is under our full control, this does not mean we have entered the compound. It means it is fully surrounded and fully under our control. – Mohammed Ibrahim	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Putin sincerely believes that Russia is surrounded by enemies and the job of a president is to be scary enough to scare them off. – Masha Gessen	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There is always a new generation for the passing of the torch, 'Star Wars,' as a movie, could be an individual experience. But it has become a shared experience surrounded by a community aspect. – Clay Routledge	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We are surrounded by terrorist dangers at the borders, this situation requires us to take exceptional measures for effective security. – Alain Zagre	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
All these girls, all the angels are so empowering and so confident and comfortable in their skin, i think that's such a great thing to be surrounded by because that's what you want to feel like no matter who you are or what you feel like -- it's that kind of empowerment that you love. – Selena Gomez	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Officials at the airport treated me like a terrorist, do I look like a terrorist? Is this how they treat a father surrounded by his wife and his four kids, all desperate to live a normal life? – Hassan Abdo Ahmed Mohammed	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I want her living and dying in her princess room, at home, surrounded by her family, not in the cold technology of a hospital, there is no cure for her. Every day is a blessing. Every day is a gift. – Diana Scolaro	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He had no idea he was surrounded by the opposing team, it was a beautiful sight. – Attorney Sasser	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I've been extraordinarily fortunate to be surrounded by people who want to go on the journey with me, through all the ups and downs, people I've relied on are generally the people who want to be there along the way, not those who are being forced to be. – Mark Pollock	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Grace died as she lived surrounded by books, politics, people and ideas. – Alice Jennings	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We literally are surrounded by pirates. We literally have universities held hostage in Kenya nearby, we are not making stuff in your neighborhood backyard. We are under the most extreme circumstances possible and we are still doing it. We are literally trying to stay alive while making shoes. – Tal Dehtiar	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I am surrounded by the love and support of my family and I am determined to live many more years. – Jim Ed Brown	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

There are hazardous materials and broken power lines. Basic services, gas, water, waste disposal, healthcare and much more needs to be re-established, the city was surrounded by an ocean of fire only a few days ago but Fort McMurray and the surrounding communities have been saved, and they will be rebuilt.

– Alberta Premier Rachel Notley

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

I am grateful to the court for putting an end to this long ordeal?, i am so happy for my father that he can now live his life in peace, surrounded by his friends and family.

– Shari Redstone

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Loud bursts of gunfire erupted, there was heavy volume of fire. We ran to a church compound and the police surrounded us.

– Norma Capuyan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We are badly injured, we are alone, we are surrounded and there are really no reinforcements left to come to our aid.

– Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant

Found on CNN
8 years ago

No, not at all. There would have been no point. Donald Trump is 6 foot 3. I'm 5 foot 9, maybe. He's a giant man surrounded by thousands of followers, 12 Secret Service and a former Ohio State offensive lineman. That would have accomplished nothing. i thought my chances of getting up on stage and getting to the podium would have been better.

– Thomas DiMassimo

Found on CNN
8 years ago

She told me that MGM was like a big family, that when she signed with MGM, she became part of that family. They took care of her, she wasn't afraid even at her age to go out there by herself because she was surrounded by people to help her.

– Sheila Tate

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Vogue is the place that we go to look at beautiful clothes and fancy places and escapism and so I feel like if the story reflects me and I happen to be wearing a beautiful Prada dress and surrounded by beautiful men and dogs, what's the problem? if they want to see what I really look like go watch the show that I make every single week.

– Lena Dunham

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It touches the heart no matter who is singing, but women bring a certain warmth, the ones that enjoy it the most are the big burly guys that you wouldn't expect. We went to a motorcycle shop near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. There was this big man with tattoos surrounded by all these motorcycles and we started singing and tears were rolling down his eyes.

– Toula Oberlies

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Sometimes you feel ashamed of yourself, you are choosing places where others are going to be bombed and you are surrounded by protection, their houses are protection.

– Marcell Shehwaro

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They spotted incidents in a more organized way when groups of five, 10 or 15 young guys surrounded a girl dancing in order to harass them sexually, these incidents happened during big concerts with crowds of 20,000 people.

– Roger Ticalou

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I think there's also something that happens to you when you land only an hour and a half after you take off from Miami, Florida. And in that much time, you're in a country surrounded by people who have had absolutely no experience or dependence on comfort in their entire experience. ... This is a culture of people who, every time a child's fever rises, has to just wait and see if they're going to die, and they've persevered through these kinds of basic hardships with so much strength.

– Jacob Ostreicher

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The men surrounded us and started to grab our behinds and touch our crotches, they touched us everywhere. I wanted to take my friend and leave. I turned around and in that moment someone grabbed my bag.

– Henriette Reker

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The government compound is under our full control, this does not mean we have entered the compound. It means it is fully surrounded and fully under our control.

– Mohammed Ibrahim

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Putin sincerely believes that Russia is surrounded by enemies and the job of a president is to be scary enough to scare them off.

– Masha Gessen

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There is always a new generation for the passing of the torch, 'Star Wars,' as a movie, could be an individual experience. But it has become a shared experience surrounded by a community aspect.

– Clay Routledge

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We are surrounded by terrorist dangers at the borders, this situation requires us to take exceptional measures for effective security.

– Alain Zagre

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

All these girls, all the angels are so empowering and so confident and comfortable in their skin, i think that's such a great thing to be surrounded by because that's what you want to feel like no matter who you are or what you feel like -- it's that kind of empowerment that you love.

– Selena Gomez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Officials at the airport treated me like a terrorist, do I look like a terrorist? Is this how they treat a father surrounded by his wife and his four kids, all desperate to live a normal life?

– Hassan Abdo Ahmed Mohammed

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I want her living and dying in her princess room, at home, surrounded by her family, not in the cold technology of a hospital, there is no cure for her. Every day is a blessing. Every day is a gift.

– Diana Scolaro

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He had no idea he was surrounded by the opposing team, it was a beautiful sight.

– Attorney Sasser

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I've been extraordinarily fortunate to be surrounded by people who want to go on the journey with me, through all the ups and downs, people I've relied on are generally the people who want to be there along the way, not those who are being forced to be.

– Mark Pollock

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Grace died as she lived surrounded by books, politics, people and ideas.

– Alice Jennings

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We literally are surrounded by pirates. We literally have universities held hostage in Kenya nearby, we are not making stuff in your neighborhood backyard. We are under the most extreme circumstances possible and we are still doing it. We are literally trying to stay alive while making shoes.

– Tal Dehtiar

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I am surrounded by the love and support of my family and I am determined to live many more years.

– Jim Ed Brown

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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