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The phrase "are quickly surrounded" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone or something is rapidly encircled or enclosed by others.
Example: "The soldiers are quickly surrounded by enemy forces, leaving them with few options for escape."
Alternatives: "are swiftly encircled" or "are rapidly enclosed".
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They are quickly surrounded.
The three or four men are quickly surrounded by hundreds of demonstrators in front of the altar to Guan Yu.
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He was quickly surrounded by young men.
He was quickly surrounded by reporters.
They were quickly surrounded by curious tribe members.
He was quickly surrounded by the police and wounded, evidently in a shootout.
'And they wanted the campus to be isolated so it could be quickly surrounded.
At Kennedy, a Transportation Security Administration employee was quickly surrounded by exasperated Delta Air Lines passengers.
He was quickly surrounded by television cameras, microphones, tape recorders and notebooks.
But Mr. Brown was quickly surrounded by television cameras and women who asked him to pose for pictures.
At Berlin's main train station, two suitcases left by an entrance were quickly surrounded by heavily armed police officers.
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