as in coop
an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals
the dogs and cats at the animal shelter looked so sad in their cages
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as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
caged the rabbit at night so she wouldn't wake everyone up
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Recent Examples of cage
Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Cover the cage with a cloth and anchor it to the ground with stones or bricks.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The station also reported that eight to 10 dogs were found in the home in poor health, several of them caged.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Nim finished his life in a cage at an animal refuge.
—Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Cover the cage with a cloth and anchor it to the ground with stones or bricks.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
According to The Telegraph, the TAP Air Portugal plane arrived at the Ponta Delgada Airport on Sao Miguel Island on Wednesday, Nov. 13, after taking off from Lisbon with multiple animals, including hamsters, ferrets and caged birds, to be delivered to a pet store.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
The station also reported that eight to 10 dogs were found in the home in poor health, several of them caged.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Disinfect boots and other gear when moving between coops.Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024
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Since sharing the initial video, the Australian owner has decided to keep the chickens and has even built a coop.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Besides New York and Los Angeles, there are few cities in North America with multiple 15,000-seat arenas that separately house NHL and NBA teams.Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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This offering blends bourbon made from a 99% corn mash bill that was aged for 9 years and then underwent a secondary 125-day cask finished in French Oak barrels that housed BHAKTA’s 1973 Armagnac vintage.Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Photo : Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. Being a VT (equipped with the marque’s Viscous Traction configuration), the model features four-wheel drive, while extensive use of carbon fiber for the body helps keep weight modest at just shy of 3,700 pounds.Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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In Dallas-Fort Worth, where Nixon said a dozen eggs cost her more than a pound of fresh ground beef, the conditions affecting the price of eggs were similar to those experienced in the rest of the country.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Peace confines violence to self-defense in vindication of the right of self-preservation.Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Terrorism is no longer confined to distant battlefields; it is waged here at home and increasingly fought in the digital sphere.Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The 31-room home with a guest house, stables, corral and an adjacent golf course was set on 360 acres.R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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The estate included a 31-room mansion, houses for guests, stables and corrals, a golf course and horse-riding trails.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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There’s even a circle that encloses on the map similar to a battle royale game, though this is not a competitive PvE title.Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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SpaceX is also recovering and reusing payload fairings, the shell that encloses satellite payloads during their initial climb through the atmosphere.Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
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Rogers Animal Shelter will never house a small dog in an outdoor kennel.Gael Langdon, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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But, starting in the late 1980s, kennel clubs in Denmark and Sweden began rallying to save them.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Topics include: chicken breeds, raising chicks, designing coops and pens, and chicken health and nutrition.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
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Vape pen stuffed inside travel-size toothpaste tube - Chicago Midway International Airport Someone should've brushed up on the rules before trying to sneak a vape into the airport in a travel-size toothpaste tube.Terry Dickerson, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Cage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cage. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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