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cage

noun as in enclosure with bars

verb as in hold in enclosure

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Given the increasingly dire warnings about artificial intelligence, however, they might also be likened to a cage.

The lesson is clear: Protectionism might seem like a shield, but it easily becomes a cage.

But the charm is that they are surrounded by towering, elevator-less 1980s apartment buildings, where people hang clothes to dry in metal window cages.

"They beat us, dragged us along the ground, blindfolded us, tied our hands and feet, put us in cages and insulted us," he alleged.

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Researchers with the Nature Conservancy may release stars in cages in Monterey Bay as soon as September, replicating a step Hodin’s team took before sending them out on their own.

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