cage
Example Sentences
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Horsfield’s version shows the kind of sumptuous cage many aspire to live in, revealing why some people prefer to remain lavishly trapped, and others rattle the bars, hoping for escape.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
In Colorado, a machine the size of a small car holds single atoms suspended in an electromagnetic cage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
"It could be in a park, on a street, in a little social club, in an arena with 20,000 people. Once the cage is shut, it doesn't feel any different."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Lights, in bird cage enclosures, still hang above the audience seating area, which has room for about 250 guests.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
A collar of bones encircled her short neck, some poor dead animal’s rib cage fanning up and around her head.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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