confine

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The sun’s mass makes it a gravity-powered fusion reactor, but on Earth, scientists need other ways to create plasma—a superheated, electrically charged gas—and confine it to force atoms to collide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

"There's nobody out here to watch over you or help you or confine you. You're kind of on your own," Glaser said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

A single event like this, which has already happened once in recorded history, could severely damage global satellite infrastructure and confine humanity to Earth for the foreseeable future.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

Furthermore, we’re going to confine those categories very narrowly.

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2026

She watched Zeebo manipulate the car in the narrow confine of the road.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee