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confinement

[kuhn-fahyn-muhnt] / kənˈfaɪn mənt /


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Goldman, now 73, said that despite the confinement, time went by quickly between the medical visits, keeping his journal and giving interviews.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

According to Guinness World Records, the record for the most lambs born in a single confinement is also eight.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Binderbauer says he sees a pathway to adequate energy confinement and is confident in TAE’s technology and experience building complex machines.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Lira was sentenced to four months in federal prison and four months of home confinement and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

I looked at that manse, now a bedding-place for the Parliamentary Army, its interiors unknown to me after a life of confinement there.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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