confinement
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Embassy in Beijing has sought, with varying degrees of success, to free these Americans from their effective confinement within China’s borders.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Rush has been held in solitary confinement, only allowed out for two hours a day.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Sadly, confinement isn’t the worst thing that can happen to a capybara who has a run-in with a human.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The system achieved an ultrasmall mode volume of just 5 × 10-7 λ3, representing an extraordinary level of light confinement.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Owing to his confinement in the underground cell, Shin had lost much of his strength and nearly all of his endurance.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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