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To examine this relationship experimentally, the team placed a single atom on the surface to confine the electron wave packets to an extremely small region immediately before the laser pulses arrived.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026

Both approaches use powerful magnetic fields to confine plasma while it is heated to the extraordinary temperatures needed for fusion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

The film’s merit is not simply in how it illustrates the structures that bind and confine, but in how Wilde propulsively peels them apart to create a picture of romantic neuroses anyone can relate to.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Poor Mr. Biswas, a man of meager prospects but irrepressible pride, must suffer through a series of demeaning dwellings to which his in-laws, the emasculating Tulsis, confine him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

With the mountain spewing liquid fire, and the meadow offering no means of concealment, the remaining thirteen tributes—including Haymitch and Maysilee—have no choice but to confine themselves to the woods.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Even with “Digger,” Cruise’s most ambitious project in years, he confines himself to a loud, obnoxious character destined to be written about as a “big swing.”

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

So until a drone has entered the confines of a military base, military personnel alone can’t halt it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

I’m not advocating for speeding, but you’re not bound by the confines of traffic, where you have a stoplight at every block.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Inside the confines of Manchester City's sophisticated data operation is a fundamental phrase its experts work towards: "What does it take to win?"

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

While I read books about love in the confines of Elsinore Castle, the wide world was Hamlet’s school.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Born with spina bifida and confined to a wheelchair after his father was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, Turek is a four-time Paralympian and two-time gold medalist in wheelchair basketball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

All five were found within an extraordinarily confined space measuring approximately 1.5 meters long, one meter wide, and one meter deep.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Since the start of this AI-driven bull market, pockets of outperformance for healthcare have been confined to a handful of sharp but short-lived rallies with little meaningful follow-through, Colas said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

“The key question is whether higher energy prices stay confined to headline inflation or begin influencing broader inflation dynamics.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

At times like these, nature seemed deafening in their confined space.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

The former Bosnia international joined a club under a transfer embargo, confining them to free transfers and loans, but still made them promotion contenders.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Only one of the suspects was issued a citation for unlawfully capturing and confining wildlife, the news release said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

The researchers say this discovery forms the foundation of what they call singulonics, a new nanophotonic framework focused on controlling and confining light far below conventional limits without energy dissipation.

From Science Daily ● May 21, 2026

In light of the academic fascination with diversity, Matthew Avery Sutton’s “Chosen Land” is noteworthy for confining its attention to Christianity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026

Clearly, then, the solution was to keep confining him.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater