confinement
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Applying them to inertial confinement fusion may allow researchers to triple energy gain, while a clearer picture of diamond's behavior at high pressure could improve models of planetary interiors.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
In solitary confinement, prisoners cannot mix and meals are delivered via a small opening in the cell door.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
But crucially, the text does not specify what will become of Ocalan, 77, who has spent the past 27 years being held in solitary confinement on Imrali prison island near Istanbul.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Prison staff reportedly separated the two men and Combs was placed in solitary confinement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Dave probably wouldn’t do more than eighteen months home confinement with probation after.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
He added the trust had recruited 75 nurses and healthcare support workers since the report was written, improved training, communication with deaf patients and reduced daytime confinements.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
“We are compelled to ask for the public’s help for these cats, who have endured long confinements and neglect, and deserve a second chance at a fulfilling life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
Given the typically short confinements in the juvenile system, they added, how could that have any greater effect?
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022
He told reporters confinements and other consequences of surging infection numbers were worrying, but "should not lead to an increase in inflation, on the contrary".
From Reuters ● Dec. 20, 2021
In return for your four confinements and all your labour in the fields, what have you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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