cramped
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Upstairs, children pore over schoolbooks, mothers prepare lunch and television sets flicker in cramped living rooms, all against the constant background noise of shredders whining and baling presses pounding below.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
But they need to go somewhere and often that's your kitchen counter top, which - thanks to such clutter- feels increasingly cramped.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Greenspan’s parents split when he was young, and his mother, Rose, raised him, living with her parents in a cramped apartment in the Washington Heights neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
Before leaving, he shook hands with many of the prisoners, rubbing shoulders in the cramped space.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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