as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
bored with being mewed up in a stuffy house all day
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Loftin Hall itself, the former student dining hall where the museum is housed, is noteworthy on its own, with beautiful Mexican tiles and sturdy wooden beams.—
Pam LeBlanc,
Southern Living,
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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
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Those additives can include high fructose corn syrup, emulsifiers, stabilizers, and preservatives, Lu Wang, MBBS, PhD, MPH, an epidemiologist and research assistant professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, told Health.—
Korin Miller,
Health,
25 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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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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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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