confining
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In light of the academic fascination with diversity, Matthew Avery Sutton’s “Chosen Land” is noteworthy for confining its attention to Christianity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
But under the new plans, the onus would shift to confining the offender to specific areas tailored to them.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026
Aiding this descent is Lennert Hillege’s cinematography, coolly observant of confining darkness and stultifying daylight, not quite naturalism and not quite noir.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 10, 2025
As the Times lays out, they aren't confining their foreign businesses to real estate and hospitality this time.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024
Clearly, then, the solution was to keep confining him.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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