as in houses
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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This slab of a sandwich houses everything good under one bready roof.—
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In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.—
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Raise the Future offers Family Support Services to help foster and adoptive families navigate the trauma that children have experienced, and that includes kinship families.—
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This includes subtle feedback that traditional simulators often miss.—
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Use a high-quality mattress protector that encases your mattress to keep it clean and prevent most allergens from penetrating.—
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Handcrafted in Portugal, each pair is finished with wool laces with an outsole that appears caught mid-pour, forming a shell that encases the upper.—
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Most patients show changes in the fluid that surrounds the brain, commonly seen in other viral brain infections.—
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On the medal, the Virgil inscription surrounds a young man sitting under a laurel tree, listening to the Muse, and writing down her song.—
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“Mews (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mews%20%28up%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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