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as in housed
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 jailed
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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as in imprisoned
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Of the birthing facilities currently operating in Louisville, all are housed within hospital settings, according to the planning commission staff report.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025 -
Milwaukee's Office of Community Wellness and Safety was formerly known as the Office of Violence Prevention and is currently housed in the city's Department of Administration.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Saad Almadi, a 75-year-old dual US-Saudi citizen, remains barred from exiting the country after previously being imprisoned and reportedly tortured over X posts about the crown prince, including one about Khashoggi’s murder.—
Liam Reilly,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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They were blacklisted, harassed, silenced, and even imprisoned.—
Anastasia Tsioulcas,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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In the 1880s, a New York heiress with an active and unorthodox social life was declared a habitual drunkard, placed under a legal guardianship, and later confined to an asylum.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Oct. 2025
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In the seventh episode of the show, one sequence portrays Ed Gein killing a nurse at the hospital where he is confined.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Over the years, Panahi has been twice jailed in Iran and forbidden to film.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 Oct. 2025
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After further protests, in 1950, he was jailed again.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Margot Robbie chose a caged black Alaïa sandal at a Los Angeles photocall last month while Meagan Good has circled lace-up pairs from Jessica Rich and Alevì Milano in July.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
21 Sep. 2025
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That specimen formed the basis of the new reconstruction, which used cutting-edge CT scanning, light imaging and virtual techniques to separate the bones from the rock matrix that encased them, and to correct the distortions inherent in the fossil.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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In an airy second-floor room featuring one of Warhol’s massive dollar-sign paintings and a double-decker Koons made of vacuum cleaners encased in acrylic, Boone runs into LGD gallerist Brett Gorvy.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
22 Sep. 2025
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Darius Bazley interned for New Balance for a year before becoming a first-round pick in the 2019 NBA Draft.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Carpenter first met Kirk as a teenager in 2021 at a small gathering in the Arizona Biltmore and later interned for Turning Point Action.—
Helen Rummel,
AZCentral.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Eukaryotes begin to emerge on Earth, with cells now containing enclosed, separated organelles to carry out individual functions within a cell.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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Full-bodied, able to quickly fill a large room, and enclosed in a (literal) house of glass that’s been dolled up with Aeoniumsky’s heart-warming illustrations, each one is a delight that will make cozy season even cozier.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Immured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immured. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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