confinement
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In a newly published paper in eLight, the same research team explains the origin of this extreme light confinement.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Now that he was out of solitary confinement, Havens’ interest in gang politics had disappeared.
From Slate • May 2, 2026
At times she was able to meet other NLD officials and selected diplomats, but during the early years she was often in solitary confinement.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
He was transferred to the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, then to a detention center in Florence, Ariz., while he challenged his confinement in federal court.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Holt's eyeglasses had been crushed in an American air raid, so Blake read the entire book out loud, over weeks and months of confinement in a small Korean farmhouse.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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