hems in
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“That's why the young people are agitating right now for change,” he says, suggesting they are frustrated by a corrupt political system that hems in their potential.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
Along with Japan's neighbouring island of Okinawa, Taiwan hems in Beijing's forces.
From Reuters ● Jun. 7, 2022
Leko’s questionable opening choice allows White to achieve a dynamic, unbalanced position, and Kramnik hems in Black’s bishop with 18.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 5, 2019
On the screen, this twisty-plotted farce hems in Groucho, Chico and Harpo’s comic energy.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2017
The frost-king ties my fumbling feet, Sings in my ears, my hands are stones Curdles the blood to the marble bones, Tugs at the heart-strings, numbs the sense, And hems in life with narrowing fence.
From Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier by Margaret Spraque Carhart
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