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cage

[keyj] / keɪdʒ /




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In 2012, he was stolen from Wimbledon when Davis had left him overnight in her van in his travelling cage.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

So what if he fell asleep during the White House cage match?

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

Gaethje executed a soaring back flip off the cage to celebrate his first undisputed belt, but it turns out that the former two-time interim champion also suffered significant injuries during the bout.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

He arrived at the summit hours after presiding over Sunday’s Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match at the White House to celebrate his 80th birthday.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Then they pulled up chairs so they could all sit and stare into my cage.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney

Flod scraped together tomato cages, chicken wire, paper, glue and pink house paint.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

The center was assembled in just eight days in June last year with bunk beds, wire cages and large white tents at an abandoned airfield in the Everglades, home to a large population of alligators.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

Military vehicles were decked out with antidrone jammers and protective cages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

If Salah's intention was to rattle cages, it has certainly done that.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Mr. Hardy drove past the mini-golf course and batting cages and stopped in front of the entrance to the arcade.

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Scared by his sincerity, Violetta warns him off with a bouncy display of vocal fireworks that declare that she isn’t one to be caged by commitment.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 2026

Gomez said while walking through the underground parking lot he noticed a separate caged area where six men and a woman were being held.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2026

Finally, Marilyn is not presented as a cipher to be solved or quarry to be caged.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2026

In the third episode, a challenge requires half of those remaining to be caged while a partner stacks animal skulls into a tower to free them.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

I see something in its eyes, the same caged look that the neighborhood stray cats get when Ma catches them clawing up our mailbox.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Ben Williamson, who works for PeTA, says that the new box shows that people today no longer accept “the chaining and caging of wild animals.”

From NewsForKids.net Apr. 23, 2024

Those include caging seedlings to protect them from hungry animals, which increases their survival odds almost five-fold, according to Erin Knight, a biological science technician at the preserve.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2024

One tomb, part of a substantial cemetery surrounding a monastery to the west of Xylotymbou village was being used for caging cats.

From Science Daily Mar. 7, 2024

Sadly, we appear more interested in caging people than in educating them.

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 2023

Daylight came in x-patterns through the caging at the windows.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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