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The researchers now want to investigate ways to confine the molten salts, potentially using halogens or carbon-based materials, which could make the salts easier to separate and process while improving their stability.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

He never wanted to confine himself to the romantic guidelines that so often affected his straight friends.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Poor Mr. Biswas, a man of meager prospects but irrepressible pride, must suffer through a series of demeaning dwellings to which his in-laws, the emasculating Tulsis, confine him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

The Dodgers have said closer Edwin Díaz is expected to return from elbow surgery sometime after the All-Star break, which would confine that time frame to two weeks, if that.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

The buttons of his waistcoat strain to confine his drumlike girth.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

I’m not advocating for speeding, but you’re not bound by the confines of traffic, where you have a stoplight at every block.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Inside the confines of Manchester City's sophisticated data operation is a fundamental phrase its experts work towards: "What does it take to win?"

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Rather than treating the inductive effect as an influence that gradually travels along a chain of atoms, the team's interpretation confines it to the bond directly connected to the relevant atom in a neutral molecule.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Last week, he was transferred while awaiting trial to Bolivia’s maximum-security Chonchocoro prison, infamous for its high-altitude, ill-heated confines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Beyond the confines of the circus there seems to be little place for such things, though perhaps that is part of the man’s point.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Imagine trying to measure the curvature of Earth while confined to your own neighborhood.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The princess and her mother were confined, in Victoria’s later description, to “dreadfully dull, dark and gloomy” rooms in the aging residence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

While Green’s young-adult novels have often explored the teenage experience, he never felt confined by the YA genre.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

The island is famous for its seaweed-eating sheep, which are mostly confined to the shore by a 13-mile-long drystone wall that encircles the island.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Your spots or patches may stay small and be confined to one area of the body, or they may continue to spread, covering much or even all of the skin.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

What were the aspects of her caregiving that provided a sense of meaningful connection, and what were the parts she found confining?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

The researchers say this discovery forms the foundation of what they call singulonics, a new nanophotonic framework focused on controlling and confining light far below conventional limits without energy dissipation.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026

But under the new plans, the onus would shift to confining the offender to specific areas tailored to them.

From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026

Oh, and there’s a giant hole in the ceiling of her apartment, confining her to a hotel room while her landlord drags his feet to get it fixed.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2025

My sleeping bag was beginning to feel a bit confining, sort of tight at the bottom, having worked itself around my legs.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx