confinement
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The confinement structure is temporarily patched, and Ukraine seeks $580 million for repairs to prevent irreversible corrosion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026
ICE holding facilities have been the subject of multiple lawsuits since the start of the Trump administration over alleged overcrowding, poor conditions and confinement that went on for days and weeks.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Rush has been held in solitary confinement, only allowed out for two hours a day.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Sadly, confinement isn’t the worst thing that can happen to a capybara who has a run-in with a human.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
She asked us, though, not to tell Papi unless we wanted wholesale Island confinement.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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