as in housed
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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Ahmad Lahham, 48, waved the yellow Hezbollah flag standing on a mountain of rubble that used to be his apartment building, which had also housed a branch of Hezbollah’s financial arm, Al-Qard Al-Hassan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026 -
The National Quantum Algorithm Center is temporarily housed at Hyde Park Labs, a commercial science and tech hub affiliated with the University of Chicago, with plans to move to the quantum park when it is built out.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Those attending court included representatives of those involved in past fundraising and members of the National People’s Congress, the country’s legislative body.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Last year’s inductees included Bad Company, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Cyndi Lauper, OutKast, Soundgarden and The White Stripes.—
Daniela Avila,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Prosecutors wanted Gaff confined indefinitely under a new state law targeting violent rapists and child molesters who had finished their prison terms but were deemed likely to reoffend.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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But while some observers assumed the immediate pain would be confined to agricultural producers or states heavily reliant on international supply chains, the shock proved far more widespread.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Dozens of them are travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the experiment, enclosed in petri dishes inside a pod that measures 4 by 4 by 12 inches (10 by 10 by 30 centimeters).—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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This control was reflected in the layout of the site, in which workshop areas–identified by furnaces and bronze artifacts—were enclosed by earthen walls and moats, suggesting oversight and protection.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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This treat is just the right size — a huge, juicy strawberry encased in red bean paste and then an outer shell of mochi.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Most bathrooms come with showers encased in rounded Crittal-style glass.—
Travis Levius,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2026
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Where the hill of Fiesole begins to climb, but still in Florence, that’s where the quiet idyll of Il Salviatino begins, a 15th-century villa surrounded by a 13-acre park just 10 minutes away from the Duomo (Santa Maria del Fiore) and a 25-minute ride from the airport.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Apr. 2026
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If your lawn is surrounded by weeds, gophers may be attracted to the area, dining on the roots of the weeds on the way to your lawn.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Cooped (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooped%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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