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cage

[kayj] / keɪdʒ /




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Large said the red cage fungus also had another notable characteristic.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

On a recent Thursday he was inside a black cage stuffed with yellow wires checking a cross-connect cable that links one customer’s operation to another’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

"These are wild animals, they don't belong in a cage."

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Ohtani hit in the batting cage Saturday, and Roberts received positive reports from his hitting coaches, training staff and Ohtani about the work and his recovery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

It was hard to see out of the cage, but there appeared to be pictures of cats on the boxes.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

The girl is his daughter Natalia, and the birds reference his grandfather who kept a collection as pets in cages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Only that there were cages on both sides.”

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Five moon bears that spent decades living in cages in South Korea have arrived at their new home in Suffolk.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Detainees at the now-shuttered immigration facility in Florida known as "Alligator Alcatraz" were held at times in metal cages the size of phone booths, according to a new report.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

He’s loading birds in cages into the back of the van.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Herzog impresses this notion from the very beginning: A dream shared by Joan and Jean, in which the sisters stand in a corridor flanked by caged birds.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

"Wolf of Essex caged" reads the paper's headline.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Traveling with a coffin and a caged panther, Claire hasn’t come alone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

The room is long and rectangular, but with the overflowing bookshelves on both sides, I feel caged in by it.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

Those include caging seedlings to protect them from hungry animals, which increases their survival odds almost five-fold, according to Erin Knight, a biological science technician at the preserve.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2024

One tomb, part of a substantial cemetery surrounding a monastery to the west of Xylotymbou village was being used for caging cats.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2024

No interest in caging the prey for later use.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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