hems in
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
“That's why the young people are agitating right now for change,” he says, suggesting they are frustrated by a corrupt political system that hems in their potential.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024
Along with Japan's neighbouring island of Okinawa, Taiwan hems in Beijing's forces.
From Reuters ● Jun. 7, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic hems in Veterans Day events this year so groups throughout the region are finding ways to honor veterans safely.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 11, 2020
They put the hems in their own frocks and aprons, they stitched gussets and bands and seams.
From A Little Girl in Old Boston by Amanda Minnie Douglas
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