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Noun
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Business travelers will find this especially frustrating, as even VPNs usually can’t break through these restrictions in the capital.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 May 2026 -
An Israeli source told CNN that the idea of a sunset clause has been floated in negotiations – a provision that would allow some restrictions to expire after a set number of years.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
Noun
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While some rides have computer systems that can help alert attendants to potential problems, attendants are in charge of checking restraints, conducting daily maintenance and operation inspections, and dispatch rides.—
Sara Kiley Watson,
Popular Science,
13 May 2026
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Allen’s attorneys complained that he had been unnecessarily confined in a padded room with constant lighting, repeatedly strip searched and placed in restraints outside his cell.—
Michael Kunzelman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Global demand is facing constraints because supply from the Persian Gulf has been effectively cut off by Iran’s blockade of the Strait of the Hormuz.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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The specific constraints Goldman identifies are unglamorous by Silicon Valley standards — but increasingly hard to dismiss.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Limits on China’s ability to acquire American technology fueled a standoff last year between the world’s largest economies that saw Beijing impose curbs on shipments of rare earths to US customers.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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Riyadh has backed curbs on oil production from the group to prop up the oil market, while the UAE is said to have become frustrated with the limits and is looking to pump more oil to fund its plans for a low-carbon future.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2026
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The main hindrances then became the remoteness of the Moreton Bay district, the lack of understanding of the region in Sydney, and the consequent small number of settlers—no more than 2,000 in the mid-1840s.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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Extending assistance to children braving learning hindrances, such as ADHD (Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder), dyslexia, and executive dysfunction, the program aims to offer support to the aspiring young scholars in need.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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After completing their survey, archaeologists declared the bracelets Danefæ, a designation given to significant artifacts that become the property of the Danish state.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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At the morgue, the babies were brought in with their diapers and blankets and with their hospital ID bracelets still wrapped around their tiny ankles.—
Duaa Eldeib,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Throughout these pages, Hutchinson expresses a deep love of prose, of its grand possibilities and subtle confinements.—
Emma Alpern,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Once a technically complicated legal rarity used to challenge improper incarcerations, habeas corpus petitions have become the predominant avenue for immigrants seeking release from detentions that increasingly end only with a deportation order.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2026
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Despite their felony convictions and impending incarcerations, both former Met police career criminals continue to collect their monthly kisses in the mail — $8,850 a month for Cederquist and $6,020 for Butner.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Enchainments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchainments. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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