cramped

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

From Slate • Mar. 30, 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

"It was cramped, there were about seven toilets for that number of people. They tried to fix the showers but they broke again and the drains were always overflowing," she said.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Since homes were too cramped for play space, children not in school found themselves shooed outdoors to join pickup play groups or scavenge the nearby dump.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield