Each sign of the Zodiac surrounding the center head had within it a faintly seen face.

The animals coming into her care are from a region surrounding the center, where there are six regulated and non-regulated racetracks.

There was a small knot of people surrounding the center column, a surreal grouping of cops and techs waiting on her.

Surrounding the center nozzle of the injector is an annular space through which high pressure steam passes, also into the furnace.