box in
Example Sentences
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"I was about to throw the box in the recycling - it could have stayed in the box and she would have never known and it would have been gone forever."
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
The hosts outshoot Qatar 32-2 and had 97 touches in the box in one of the most dominant performances in recent World Cup history.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026
To box in inflation as the stock market soared and labor market grew tighter, he ground out a year of rate increases that ended with the bursting of the dot-com bubble.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
Imagine police responding to a robbery by obtaining judicial permission to open every safety deposit box in a neighborhood bank, briefly inspect the contents, and determine afterward which customers seem suspicious.
From Slate • May 20, 2026
“I found them in a jewelry box in an antiques shop in Paris, years ago,” Isobel says.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
