hemming in

In two rulings hemming in federal agency powers, the court in May and last year limited the U.S.

And, as my colleague Catherine Rampell pointed out, the bill would actually increase the deficit by slicing Internal Revenue Service funding, hemming in its efforts to collect from rich tax cheats.

By midday, the display was largely peaceful, with Seattle police officers scattered along the route, hemming in marchers.

This is happening against a backdrop of broad economic changes that are hemming in the options of many workers, especially at the bottom end of the job market.

The House Judiciary Committee passed six antitrust measures in June, most of them aimed at hemming in tech giants Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook.