cramped

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I’m in a cramped examination room at a clinic in Panama City.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

The pair, who live in a cramped studio apartment in a crumbling colonial-era building, can’t afford butter or mayonnaise, so breakfast is a piece of plain bread.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

The rooms that looked spacious on the website, thanks to photos apparently taken with a fish-eye lens, were cramped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

When AFP visited, relatives of the missing packed into a local elder's cramped home, showing WhatsApp and Facebook groups filled with blurry images, unverified lists and rumours.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

That is, until it started to get windy and his hands cramped from the cold.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser