Thesaurus results for COOP (UP)

coop (up)

verb

Definition of coop (up)

as in to house

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers restless kids cooped up in the house on a rainy day

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The upper floor houses a food hall selling local specialties like lampredotto (tripe sandwiches) and schiacciata (a Tuscan flatbread).

— Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
From there, he will be housed at another state correctional facility and his case will be referred to Nevada County District Attorney’s Office for possible escape charges, the statement read.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026

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The Padres finished the game with a season-high 11 walks and eight hits, including Sung-Mun Song’s two-out single that drove in two runs in the third and Cronenworth’s RBI single in the fourth.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Under rules brought in for the World Cup, the reviewable decisions and incidents now include mistaken identity when the referee shows a yellow or red card but clearly penalises the wrong player of either team.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of include

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Fortuitously, the small kiosk where Gil was encased acted as a kind of buffer, offering some measure of protection from the accumulation of debris looming above.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
So the researchers encased these proteins and other large materials in a different membrane and then fed those to the SpudCells.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

Definition of encase

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The Purple Leaf Solarium is enclosed with 360-degree removable screen windows to give you a breeze.

— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026
The debut Elora neatly brings together a white RV box and a white chassis, offsetting all that brightness with numerous windows enclosed by black surrounds matching the Promaster front bumper.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 July 2026

Definition of enclose

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