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cage

[keyj] / keɪdʒ /




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In 2012, he was stolen from Wimbledon when Davis had left him overnight in her van in his travelling cage.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

“He does get outside exercise in a cage, but it’s in the shade.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 25, 2026

So what if he fell asleep during the White House cage match?

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

“Even if Anthropic has to keep its most advanced models in a cage in the short term, in the longer term its reputation will likely have received a significant boost.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

The three men and one woman were stopping in front of the first pet, a rabbit in a cage, and discussing it.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Military vehicles were decked out with antidrone jammers and protective cages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

“We’re going to have a beautiful clubhouse next year, batting cages and all that.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

Biologists and national park staff wearing masks and gloves set up dozens of small rectangular metal cages on trails outside Ushuaia as night fell.

From Barron's May 19, 2026

We added plant food and tomato cages to the cart.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

She paced between the cages as Baba Joseph did between the men and women of the Vapostori.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

We passed a caged dog and saw a puppy on a short leash being loaded into a vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Her caged parakeet in the upper corner stares back at us, acknowledging our voyeurism.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

Finally, Marilyn is not presented as a cipher to be solved or quarry to be caged.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2026

In the third episode, a challenge requires half of those remaining to be caged while a partner stacks animal skulls into a tower to free them.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

Like Maya Angelou’s caged bird being released, flying past the jungle, past the ghetto, and up, up to the heavens.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

None of the people involved in caging the fawn were identified, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

"This generation didn't even have enough to eat growing up. Now with a little money, they have inherited the habit and custom of caging birds," he says.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2025

Ben Williamson, who works for PeTA, says that the new box shows that people today no longer accept “the chaining and caging of wild animals.”

From NewsForKids.net Apr. 23, 2024

“Simply caging corals and then removing the cages later, that’s two times the amount of work, two times the amount of bottom time,” Karp said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 10, 2024

No interest in caging the prey for later use.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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