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

He cramped badly in temperatures close to 40C at this year's Australian Open, and admitted he "got lucky" when the heat rule was enforced in his third-round match against Eliot Spizzirri in Melbourne.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

One million of the province's estimated eight million inhabitants have been displaced by years of conflict and live cheek-by-jowl in cramped camps.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Psychologically, they counter the angst triggered by cramped, airless, maze-like commuter warrens.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

She leads us through a narrow hallway lined with photographs and into a cramped kitchen.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller