constrained
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The chemical giant was moving higher as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains constrained.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
But for a Chinese child watching the videos, “these are unthinkable after growing up in a very safe—a constrained but safe—environment in China.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
It highlights that many of the ocean's fastest and most formidable predators may also be among the most physically constrained.
From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026
Podcasters are less constrained by party discipline, less dependent on access and more responsive to audience sentiment in real time.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
And so the conversation veered again, awkward and constrained for a while, but it skirted all reference to the troubles of the day.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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