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containments

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plural of containment

as in segregations

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restraints

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The dire time restraints were real, along with the contentious Zoom meetings or phone calls that have taken place over the past five months.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Compensation systems, transfer windows and roster rules would become terms of an agreement rather than unilateral restraints.

— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

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