confinement
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This exceptionally hard form of carbon is used to make the tiny capsules that hold fuel in inertial confinement fusion experiments.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
He noted that she'd already spent 15 months in solitary confinement at the time of her sentencing.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The judge erred in finding there was a substantial chance Patterson would be held in solitary confinement for years to come, and this "infected" his decision, the prosecution argued.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
He faces a maximum term of life in confinement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
For just as we, his American cousins, are threatened with Island confinement, military school is what's in store for Mundín should he step out of line.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Armani took away the restrictions and confinements of stiffer styles that went before him - making men feel sophisticated and women empowered in the workplace.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
"We have just had two years of pandemic with confinements which put our activity to a halt ... now tourists are returning and new booksellers are settling in."
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2022
Given the typically short confinements in the juvenile system, they added, how could that have any greater effect?
From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2022
A loan reserved for exhibits at several museums may get caught in confinements, making it tricky to deliver the promised artwork, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2021
In return for your four confinements and all your labour in the fields, what have you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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