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mewed (up)

verb

past tense of mew (up)

as in housed

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers bored with being mewed up in a stuffy house all day

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The mission museum and gift shop are housed in the original Convent Wing, once the residential quarters of Franciscan priests and friars.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Rodriguez said in a May phone interview with the Herald that detainees had been complaining when a guard approached him and told him to walk out of the cage where he and other men were housed.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of housed

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Lillard slept in the iron lung cylinder that encased her body as the air pressure in the chamber forced air in and out of her lungs.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Lillard slept in the iron lung cylinder that encased her body as the air pressure in the chamber forced air in and out of her lungs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026
In subsequent messages included in charging documents, Robinson referenced engraving bullets and leaving his rifle wrapped in a towel.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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While more than 1 million Rohingya have fled across the border to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where they are mostly confined to overcrowded and squalid camps, roughly 630,000 still live in Rakhine, according to Human Rights Watch.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The breakthrough is currently confined to precision laboratory settings.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

Definition of confined

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The three-level boat’s main deck and lower deck were both enclosed, according to Toczko.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Snow rooms, enclosed caverns of ice and snow, sometimes incorporating gently falling flakes, are the latest at-home flex for some of the world’s wealthiest, according to the New York Times.

— Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026

Definition of enclosed

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While no official cause of death has been released and no charges have been made in Wells’ case, his death sparked racial tensions and widespread scrutiny after photos showed Wells surrounded by White friends while on the trip.

— Holly Yan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Like its rooms, all three restaurants face the ocean; don’t miss dinner at the Ocean Grill, where you’ll be surrounded by three walls of 30-foot-tall floor-to-ceiling windows.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026

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