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hemmed (in)

verb

past tense of hem (in)

as in housed

to close or shut in by or as if by barriers a village hemmed in on all sides by mountains

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In 2023, Campbell’s closed its corporate headquarters in Ballantyne, which had once housed about 1,300 corporate employees.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026
An elevator ride to the fourth floor brings you to where most of the museum’s collection is housed.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of housed

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Their summer window, which included signing the former Manchester United pair Millie Turner and Lisa Fjeldstad Naalsund, was eye-catching.

— Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The group included residents as well as others who either grew up there or had family ties to the town.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of included

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The outdoor cinema is wrapped by a rough-hewn Brutalist perimeter—half-lined with concrete cubes, the other half enclosed with planks salvaged from the boardwalk destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.

— Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
The brand’s first offering is Travel Discovery Set ($135), featuring five scents enclosed in a sleek silver cigarette case, which feels substantial and heavy in the hand, like something your grandmother might have owned.

— Rhoda Feng, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of enclosed

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But Oliver said the contractors installed the grinder pump a month ago with its own power source encased in a locked box and didn’t provide her with a key.

— Christin Lazerus, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
With six bedrooms and six full bathrooms spread across more than 9,000 square feet, the home’s three distinct structures are connected by bridges and wrapped in curved glass encased in black steel frames.

— Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of encased

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The symbolic funeral pyres were surrounded by offerings to Hindu deities as relatives gathered to perform the final rites.

— Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The novel’s little Scottish village, surrounded by forest, feels claustrophobic, isolated, steeped in dread.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026

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