as in houses
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
employees who felt encaged in their cubicles
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The first floor houses a dining room, workshop, and two-car garage.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025 -
Authorities said the suspect had approached the outside of the Annunciation Catholic Church, which also houses a school, and fired inside — killing two children and injuring more than a dozen others.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Army soldiers, even those in non-combat jobs or those who lack previous firearms experience, must pass a rifle marksmanship test that includes targets as far as 325 yards away after mere days of training.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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That includes one conference game.—
Tom Murphy,
Arkansas Online,
12 Sep. 2025
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These actions reduce the mystery that surrounds technology and help employees see it as an ally for workplace innovation.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Others are greedily consuming matter that surrounds them in a flattened, swirling cloud called an accretion disk.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Encages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encages. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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