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hem

noun as in border, edge

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Perhaps inevitably, the moral drama is somewhat hemmed in by its central mystery: Either Rashad is Peg Leg or he isn’t.

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He spent two nights there, exhausted and hemmed in by the weather.

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As smoke quickly darkens the day and the unstoppable, town-hopping fire hems in the bus, cutting off routes, the journey takes a dystopian turn, raising the stakes and alarm levels to unimaginable heights.

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You ever feel hemmed in by the job?

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Brink came to practice with her game on a leash, her activity hemmed in by doctors’ timelines.

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