cooping (up)

present participle of coop (up)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooping (up)
Verb
  • There was no information immediately available about the condition of the building housing the dentist’s office .
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That difference shifts housing from 27 percent of a retiree’s budget in surplus states to 32 percent in shortfall states.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Riding a pair of fourth-down stops on defense, including a goal-line stand, and the 72-yard touchdown drive capped by Madsen, Boise State headed into halftime trailing just 14-7.
    Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the cast remains in the music industry to this day, including country singer and actor Charles Esten and pop singer Lennon Stella.
    Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • No other vehicles appeared to have been involved in the crash, and damage to the surrounding area was limited to the parking lot, Nunez said.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • While creating the master plan, city officials considered less ambitious options that would have cost less and required less comprehensive analysis of their effect on the surrounding area.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tall bookshelves flank the bed, enclosing it in a cozy way and providing lots of storage—no nightstand needed.
    Abby Wolner, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Two big deck houses were erected enclosing bunks for 30, a galley and a ladies’ lounge.
    Eric DuVall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For instance, fusion doesn’t require all the expensive, nuclear-grade concrete that creates a protective dome encasing traditional nuclear radiation.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The film centered on the Environmental Protection Agency encasing the Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield in a dome after Homer taints the area’s water supply.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Forcing them out means confining most of Gaza's population to overcrowded encampments along the coast further south lacking food, medical supplies and space.
    Steven Scheer, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Bruni Tedeschi captures her in that vortex — her pulmonary illness confining her to bed one minute and her artistic drives reanimating her with defiant spirit the next.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Cooping (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooping%20%28up%29. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.

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