confines
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When she became Holocaust Museum LA’s chief executive in 2017, Kean realized that demand couldn’t be met within the confines of the existing museum, and also that 99% of visiting students were not Jewish.
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
Despite ostensibly being about a world-famous pop star mounting a major comeback, David Lowery’s latest film, “Mother Mary,” rarely leaves the confines of the drafty farmhouse it’s set in.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026
Within the confines of a fairly conventional prison drama, McMau dissects an anonymous nobody who discovers that, both in prison and in life, there are consequences for not taking sides.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
In place of Soldier Field’s deteriorating confines, they sought to build a state-of-the-art indoor stadium that could host Super Bowls, concerts and major events year-round.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
And Blanchard’s yellow silk balloon that tugged against its ropes, hungry to escape the confines of the prison yard.
From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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