as in confinement
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This design enables continuous plasma confinement without needing external current drive, potentially allowing for longer, steadier operations than other fusion models.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025 -
In Ibadan, the biennial activates the New Culture Studio designed by Demas Nwoko (1970), exploring urban and architectural dimensions of confinement.—
PhotoVogue,
Vogue,
25 Oct. 2025
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After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking.—
Time,
Time,
20 Jan. 2023
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The thing that nearly killed me was a complication with a pregnancy loss onstage.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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But, more seriously, their overlapping pregnancies meant that Micka was able to support her daughter through the at-times scary experience of giving birth to her first child.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Lying-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lying-in. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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