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cage

[keyj] / keɪdʒ /




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Just as his digital persona reached its apex, his real-world life was locked in a cage.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2026

In all, 1,589,577 dozen eggs were covered by the recall, and included both white shell eggs and brown cage free shell eggs under a variety of brand names.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

He was impressed by heavyweight boxer Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine during an Oval Office meeting last month before the Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match at the White House.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

And at a White House cage fight, a former first lady was brazenly disparaged.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

The priest and the barber had a wooden cage built in a hurry.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios

Though Smith has been at least hitting in the batting cages, he’s had a back-and-forth recovery from an injury the Dodgers initially hoped wouldn’t need an IL stint.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Watching his boys hit targets in the Tempe Diablo batting cages is one of Dino’s favorite baseball memories.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Five moon bears which have spent decades living in cages in South Korea have been cleared by vets to be moved to Suffolk.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Military vehicles were decked out with antidrone jammers and protective cages.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

And just like that, after giving that clarification, one by one she could take the guests from their cages.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

He strolled San Francisco’s streets with them to promote his caged menagerie.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

OpenAI had caged the models in a “sandbox,” a system that didn’t have access to the internet.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

On a workbench nearby, sea mine-shaped lamps stand on metal casts of hawk feet alongside caged bubble glass lanterns that appear as if they might burst from internal pressure.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2026

In the third episode, a challenge requires half of those remaining to be caged while a partner stacks animal skulls into a tower to free them.

From Salon Jan. 15, 2026

“You’re not the only one who wishes to gawk and gape at our resident caged animal. I am considering charging admission.”

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

"This generation didn't even have enough to eat growing up. Now with a little money, they have inherited the habit and custom of caging birds," he says.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2025

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

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

Daylight came in x-patterns through the caging at the windows.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston




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