Meanings of surrounding the subject in English

The paper said she appears to have been dissuaded by the controversy surrounding the subject.

However she declined the invitation, with press reports suggesting she was dissuaded by the controversy surrounding the subject.

Given the emotion surrounding the subject, this viewpoint may not sink in in time to affect the election result.

That such suspicions and conspiracy theories should surround a single programme demonstrates the continuing sensitivity surrounding the subject of lesbians and gay men in Ireland.