confinement
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By separating resistance from the fluid itself from the confinement imposed by channel walls, the researchers could investigate viscosity without the additional mechanical interference that complicates conventional experiments.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
After NBC News shed light on Combs’ alleged prison privileges, the rapper was reportedly moved back to solitary confinement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Having been arrested in Hungary in 2019, he was extradited to Portugal and has at various points been in solitary confinement, under house arrest and in witness protection.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Until now, achieving such intense confinement at this scale had been considered extremely difficult.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Her long confinement in the mews, while she moulted, had got her into a sulky and temperamental state.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Armani took away the restrictions and confinements of stiffer styles that went before him - making men feel sophisticated and women empowered in the workplace.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
And Rikers is not a normal jail — a place of brief confinements pending trials and sentencings.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
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
A loan reserved for exhibits at several museums may get caught in confinements, making it tricky to deliver the promised artwork, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 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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