confinement
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Goldman, now 73, said that despite the confinement, time went by quickly between the medical visits, keeping his journal and giving interviews.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
According to Guinness World Records, the record for the most lambs born in a single confinement is also eight.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
“The Pit and the Pendulum,” the first half of the program, translates especially well to this setting, its dark sense of demented confinement keeping my nerves on high alert.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
His marriage to Mr. Lemann’s mother survived a “great crisis” spurred by her confinement to a psychiatric institute and an affair with one of the doctors there.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Two days of confinement had made everyone lethargic.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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