encage

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Verb
  • The facility, assembled on a remote airstrip about 50 miles west of Miami, could house 5,000 detainees.
    Danielle Wallace , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • The space will also house two private suites, while a permanent Dior Lady Art installation will open later this year, showcasing contemporary creatives’ takes on the Lady Dior bags.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • The Democrats’ fundraising advantage isn’t confined to the governor’s race.
    Olivia Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • Animals large and small—those that had evolved to sprint across plains and live half their lives submerged in water—were confined in rows of tiny, barren cages lined with metal bars.
    Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • The Texas Twist is the longest slide in the park, with twisty, enclosed turns for single riders.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2025
  • The symbol now encloses an image of a communion wafer carved of reindeer antler.
    Thomas A. DuBois, The Conversation, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • In 2020, the world was horrified by images of refugee children separated from their families and caged at the southern border.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
  • Israel’s bombing of Evin lays bare what happens when two reprehensible systems collide: one that cages the innocent, and another that claims to liberate them with bombs.
    Siamak Namazi, Time, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Especially given that the Switch 2, encased in the Killswitch, is probably my favorite console of all time.
    Anthony Karcz, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Photo : Modern Media for Sotheby’s International Realty There are four original fireplaces in total, including a massive one encased in antique wood in the family room.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Seven-year-old Zeina roams the hills that surround her village on a rusty bike.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 June 2025
  • Naylor is surrounded in the Diamondbacks lineup by hitters like Corbin Carroll, Ketel Marte, Geraldo Perdomo, and Eugenio Suarez.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • The area around Canfield Mountain has been designated a no-fly zone by the sheriff’s office until further notice, including a prohibition on drones, the county’s emergency management services said.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 1 July 2025
  • That roundup includes five other projects that have held on for at least a year, including Born Sinner, The Off-Season, KOD, Cole World: The Sideline Story, and 4 Your Eyez Only.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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“Encage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encage. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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