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hem

noun as in border, edge

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For years, the famed park has served as an urban oasis for thousands of Westlake residents hemmed in by concrete and asphalt.

One person hemmed in by perfectionist anxiety was invited to sing with an off-key Masli.

Already chic, an adjustable drawstring hem and belted detailing at the waist and wrists allows you to style the jacket your way.

Perhaps inevitably, the moral drama is somewhat hemmed in by its central mystery: Either Rashad is Peg Leg or he isn’t.

He spent two nights there, exhausted and hemmed in by the weather.