cramped
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After the VA unveiled a plan during a federal court hearing in January to install 800 tiny homes on the campus, advocates for veteran housing criticized the 8-foot-by-8-foot sheds as cramped, flimsy and undignified.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The subterranean Manhattan version is 17,000 square feet—a massive footprint in a famously cramped city—with wavy walls covered in tiles the same green shade as a Swedish princess cake.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Growing up as the youngest of nine children in a cramped council flat in Kilburn, north London, from the age of eight she juggled schoolwork and part-time jobs to earn pocket money.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
The future of the ultralow-cost carrier, a breed of cramped flier that dominates in Europe, is in question in America.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
The hallway is cramped with a coatrack and plants and shoes all jumbled at the door.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
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