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as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them
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as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life
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Recent Examples of immure
Lying on the sofa, I became slowly immured in the concrete reality of this edifice and of its facts.
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Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water’s surface.
—John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023
Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water's surface.
—John O'Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
The last slave had been immured within its walls, and St. Michael’s curfew was to be sweetest music thenceforth and forever.
—Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2018
Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water’s surface.
—John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023
Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water's surface.
—John O'Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
The last slave had been immured within its walls, and St. Michael’s curfew was to be sweetest music thenceforth and forever.
—Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immure
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To survive these transformations, rich states have resorted among other things to the ever greater exploitation, not only of poor states, but also of the human and ecological capital housed within them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Between 75 and 90 percent of Housing First participants remain housed after one year, which is significantly higher than traditional treatment-first models.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Alicia Vikander plays Baranov’s wife Ksenia, and Tom Sturridge is a banker and oligarch based on former oil and gas baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was jailed after challenging Putin’s grip on power.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Torrie Lemon, 24, pleaded guilty to the charge on Thursday, May 14, according to a sentencing order obtained by PEOPLE, which notes that following her 40 days jailed, she would be placed on probation for a period of 1,420 days.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Before Marseille’s 1-0 win at Le Havre last weekend, the squad were confined to the club’s La Commanderie training base for four consecutive days as a punitive measure after a succession of poor performances.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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This is not a problem confined to mediocre leaders.—
Bryce Hoffman,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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The minotaur was a monster, half man and half bull, that was imprisoned in a dark underground labyrinth.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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For months conflicting news accounts have circulated that he was imprisoned or under house arrest.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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Glass walls overlook an atmospheric inner garden of pines, a willow and a cherry tree, encased in tall cedar fences.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 May 2026
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Researchers also found oxybenzone damages DNA and triggers premature skeleton formation that can encase entire larvae.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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For the runner housing, which encloses the turbine, the team 3D printed a mold and then cast the final component in fiberglass.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
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This inner cradle was enclosed between thicker, quarter-inch panes of Thermopane glass specially made by the Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Tennessee’s social media team went up and down Broadway, and the surrounding area in downtown Nashville to find lookalikes of key figures of their 2026 opponents.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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It’s mostly surrounded by embassies and law firms, not cafés or galleries.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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As for the camper module exterior, Winnebago cages out the alcove face and lower front sides with thick tubular branch guards, wires in a set of floating front auxiliary lights, adds a swing-away full-size spare carrier in back, and secures on under-body aluminum storage lockers.—
C.C. Weiss
May 17,
New Atlas,
17 May 2026
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Unlike staking tomatoes, which requires hands-on maintenance to continually tie the stems to the support, caging is nearly maintenance-free.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 May 2026
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“Immure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immure. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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