confined
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“It’s like I’m still confined, I can’t do anything,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
And while there’s nothing wrong with that per se, being so confined to a single location is one of the movie’s most glaring missteps.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
The IOM said armed attacks were no longer confined to regular hotspots and were now increasingly affecting areas that had previously served as places of refuge, leaving vulnerable people with few safe options.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
But until now the Ebola epidemic has been confined to areas within government reach or controlled by a relatively well-organized rebel group called M23.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
In Pyongyang, the weary prisoners were confined with several hundred others in an abandoned school building, where they remained for nearly two months.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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CTE Construction ("Core Curriculum: Introductory Craft Skills,") Vocabulary from Module One
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