cramped

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After the VA unveiled a plan during a federal court hearing in January to install 800 tiny homes on the campus, advocates for veteran housing criticized the 8-foot-by-8-foot sheds as cramped, flimsy and undignified.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The subterranean Manhattan version is 17,000 square feet—a massive footprint in a famously cramped city—with wavy walls covered in tiles the same green shade as a Swedish princess cake.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

One million of the province's estimated eight million inhabitants have been displaced by years of conflict and live cheek-by-jowl in cramped camps.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

A poodle-cross dog rescued along with more than 250 other dogs from a cramped living room now "loves going out in the garden" at his new home in Leicester.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Mr. Lyons quickly slipped into the cramped room, pulling the door shut behind him.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein