curfew
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In this tiny town, I saw what the Camino offered every day: something old and strange and communal and meaningful, remade every night by whoever happened to arrive before the 10 p.m. curfew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
On replacing Stokes as England captain, Joe Root began his second spell in charge by removing the curfew.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Root warned his squad to "be adults" when he abolished the midnight curfew - in his first act as captain - that came into place after previous incidents.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Trouble on the latest trip resulted in the return of the curfew in January yet, seven months later, Root's comeback as captain has seen the curfew, erm, put to bed.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Ordinarily my uncles and cousins would have embraced us and talked, but everyone was too scared of being out after curfew to say anything more.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
Most teenagers would opt out of a UK government plan to impose social media curfews on older teenagers, according to a poll published Friday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
It means an offender leaves prison but is not free of their sentence - they are subject to restrictions and conditions on their life which can include electronic tag monitoring of their movements and curfews.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Initial measures imposed time limits and curfews on online gaming, before similar restrictions were extended in 2023 to social media and streaming platforms.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
He also took into account that X and Y had served the equivalent of 18-month and 17-month sentences, as they had lived under curfews while awaiting trial.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
These days I had rules that hadn’t existed before: curfews . . . visiting hours.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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