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cordoned (off)

verb

past tense of cordon (off)

as in hemmed (in)

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The hotel, just south of the Bayshore Mall in Glendale, closed in mid July after its lodging license was revoked.

— Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Gruber noted that five elementary schools in his area have closed in the past nine years.

— Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2026

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In the course of the film, Hargitay reevaluates her mom, forming a fuller picture of how Mansfield’s career choices were circumscribed by the egregious sexism of the 1950s and ‘60s.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Representatives from hostile states like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea are circumscribed in their movements, typically limited to a small radius around their official posts—an embassy, a consulate, a permanent mission to the UN.

— Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026

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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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