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as in to house
to close or shut in by or as if by barriers
scientists at the research station in Alaska are immured by the frozen wastelands that surround them
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as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
immured by a controlling, possessive mother, the young woman had no outside social life
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Recent Examples of immure
Lying on the sofa, I became slowly immured in the concrete reality of this edifice and of its facts.
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Rachel Cusk, New York Times, 2 May 2023
Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water’s surface.
—John O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023
Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water's surface.
—John O'Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
The last slave had been immured within its walls, and St. Michael’s curfew was to be sweetest music thenceforth and forever.
—Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2018
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All those years of speeches are housed in one place, across the street from the Capitol, in the State Library and court building.—
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When manual driving is selected, the airbag housed within the steering wheel is used instead.—
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While jailed, Braddy also became known for delaying his first trial by going through 10 lawyers and, at one point, representing himself.—
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Newton remains jailed on $100,000 bail, which was requested by Assistant Dakota County Attorney Cory Monnens.—
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Horses aren’t meant to be confined only to a stable, the O’Donnells explained.—
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However, the allegations of widespread fraud and mismanagement during Newsom’s governorship is not confined to those on the starboard side of the political balance beam.—
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Gillispie was released from prison in 2011, exonerated in 2017 and declared wrongfully imprisoned in 2021.—
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Cottingham, 79, has been imprisoned since his 1980 arrest.—
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American bases built inside the ice sheet, such as Camp Century, were quickly crushed as the encasing snow deformed.—
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Unfortunately, the dark, warm, moist environment encasing our feet is the perfect environment for bacteria and fungus spores to thrive and grow.—
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Red brick walls enclose a tropical jungle retreat of sorts, where garden chairs are scattered around imparting a feel of lounging in someone’s backyard, and there is even a tiny pond on the premises.—
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The bones and cartilage are enclosed in a membrane that’s filled with an oily liquid called synovial fluid.—
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The surrounding businesses were evacuated by El Monte police as the investigation continued.—
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Tourism industry officials in the towns surrounding Yosemite, who generally oppose reservations to enter Yosemite, praised the announcement.—
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Bear bile farming is now banned in Vietnam, but there are still dozens of bears stuck on farms, caged and alone.—
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Afterward the workers cage the nest to keep predators away.—
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“Immure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immure. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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