hemmed
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In Greece, hundreds of people - mostly tourists - have been evacuated by sea from a coastal town of Viotia hemmed in by one of the many wildfires raging across the country.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
When the park opened in 2006, I thought it seemed too flat and shapeless, too hemmed in by Broadway and Spring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The property is reachable by narrow roads hemmed in by overgrown trees, but its remoteness is an illusion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026
From the way he tugged at his beard and hemmed in his throat, I knew he had other matters on his mind.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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