Thesaurus results for BOXED (IN)

boxed (in)

verb

Definition of boxed (in)

past tense of box (in)

as in housed

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers upon attempting to leave, we discovered we were completely boxed in by other cars

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The Sacramento Homeless Union, a local of the California Homeless Union, represents 4,600 homeless, formerly homeless and marginally-housed people in the Sacramento area, the suit said.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2026
The burn took place at Rocket Lab's Archimedes Test Complex, housed at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026

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The case against Tristan previously included three counts of rape, six counts of actual bodily harm and two counts of human trafficking.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 19 July 2026
Along with attending matches, Infantino’s itinerary included stops in New York for an interview on Fox & Friends and in Miami for a FIFA summit attended by representatives from the organization’s 211 member associations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

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The three-level boat’s main deck and lower deck were both enclosed, according to Toczko.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

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What’s Happening Evening exercise is being reevaluated by the same clinicians who once told patients to keep workouts confined to mornings.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Schools have often confined meaningful creation to entrepreneurship clubs, hackathons, and extracurricular programs.

— Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

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