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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The bar is housed in a building dating back to the 1800s and has a reputation for being haunted by former workers.—
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Travel + Leisure,
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An Air Control squadron and Air National Guard squadron are also housed at the base.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers emerged as a juggernaut with a blockbuster offseason two winters ago, which included the additions of Japanese superstars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto to go along with Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Oct. 2025
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In the seventh episode of the show, one sequence portrays Ed Gein killing a nurse at the hospital where he is confined.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The tree produces an annual fall harvest of walnuts, enclosed in a green husk that darkens when ripe.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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The team enclosed films of P6LAHB, P13LAHB, PHBV (a biodegradable PHB derivative), and PLA in mesh containers and left them on the seafloor.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Oct. 2025
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And yet, welcoming that idea can shock the system because our popular conception of the American Revolution is so often encased in bloodless, gallant myth.—
Sarah Botstein,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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But Leo, encased in Charlie’s jacket and rocked by the movement of the boat, was unperturbed and quickly fell into a deep sleep.—
Simon Willis,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Oct. 2025
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The percentage indicates how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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By weaving Hartley's story into the narrative, Murphy explored the fear and paranoia that surrounded rural Wisconsin during the time of Gein’s actual crimes.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Cooped (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooped%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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