as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
employees who felt encaged in their cubicles
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Mary is the director at the hospital where the Holmes Clinic is housed, and Chestnut and Aytes have fantastic chemistry despite their characters’ differing patient care tactics.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025 -
Zheng was ordered held without bail by a judge, but the Department of Correction would not say where he is being housed.—
Ellen Moynihan,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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And the Shoah wasn’t confined to one out-of-the-way place named Oświęcim, such that bystanders didn’t know what was happening.—
Martin Kimel,
Baltimore Sun,
26 Jan. 2025
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No longer confined by the strictures of consistency and predictability, the riders will have the chance to try the wildest tricks their minds can conceive.—
Jenn Nelson,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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While the main bar is enclosed with air-conditioning, it's flanked by two outdoor spaces for smokers, notably those dabbling in the fine cigars sold on the terrace.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The rotunda, which is enclosed by the dome of the Capitol, will be out of sight from the public.—
Rebecca Aizin,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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An Arizona grandmother has been charged with caging her mentally disabled teenage granddaughter and abusing her to death earlier this week.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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These birds can invade commercial buildings that often house caged chickens and endanger operations for free-range chickens.—
Laurent Belsie,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Jan. 2025
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Every bite was filled with warmth and umami, encased in a chewy skin.—
Betty Liu,
Bon Appétit,
20 Jan. 2025
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The tooth was taken off the beach still encased in rock, then carefully extracted for inclusion in the Theo Vickers collection, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
15 Jan. 2025
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Village People released a statement earlier this week about its involvement in events surrounding Trump’s swearing-in.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 Jan. 2025
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He’s surrounded by lit candles and members of the cult his grandmother was a part of.—
Erica Marrison,
People.com,
19 Jan. 2025
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The planned flood watch did not include the Mountain fire burned scar in Ventura County.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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His other credits include Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Ford v Ferrari, Logan, The Wolverine, 3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line, Girl, Interrupted and Identity, among others.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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