Thesaurus results for BOXING (IN)

boxing (in)

verb

Definition of boxing (in)

present participle of box (in)

as in housing

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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Plaintiffs' attorney Alexander Shalom argued that housing the plaintiffs in a segregated unit violates their constitutional rights against cruel and unusual punishment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Elevator access is available in the main buildings housing the lobby and restaurants.

— Ronee Uyeshiro, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026

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The movie itself disappoints him for its deviations from the Stephen King novel (including this detail may help preempt criticisms over this adaptation), but he’s also distracted by the presence of a strikingly handsome stranger (Homer Gere).

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
The hard drive alone contained nearly 500 gigabytes of files and thousands of explicit videos and images of children, including one roughly nine-minute video of a toddler performing oral sex on a grown man, court documents show.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026

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Research among American surgeons has shown that work-home conflict is strongly associated with burnout and emotional distress, suggesting that the conflict surrounding demanding schedules may be more consequential than the schedules themselves.

— Alexandra Kharazi, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Progressive Democratic politicians have won major electoral victories across the country in recent months amid growing frustrations surrounding inequality, affordability and potential threats to job security posed by artificial intelligence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

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The spigots serve as injection ports, where crews can pump grout behind the tunnel wall, with the goal of coating and encasing the entire tunnel lining under the Newtown Creek in a waterproof layer, filling any cracks along the way.

— Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
The denim du jour is all about giving your legs some room to breathe instead of encasing them in snug fabric.

— Tanya Sharma, InStyle, 10 July 2026

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