cage

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Horsfield’s version shows the kind of sumptuous cage many aspire to live in, revealing why some people prefer to remain lavishly trapped, and others rattle the bars, hoping for escape.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

But I suppose I was a quite unsentimental young man in many ways and I was always on the lookout for some material where I could a rattle the public’s cage a bit.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

After school, I’d head to the batting cage and hit until 10 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“What I tried to do with it myself was make myself feel a little uncomfortable. If the viewer feels like their cage has been rattled a little bit, that’s not a bad thing.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

A black-and-white squashed-skunk figure hugged the branches above, huddled in the safety of the tree, whose boughs were bending into a leafy cage around her.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman