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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immure
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Besides New York and Los Angeles, there are few cities in North America with multiple 15,000-seat arenas that separately house NHL and NBA teams.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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This offering blends bourbon made from a 99% corn mash bill that was aged for 9 years and then underwent a secondary 125-day cask finished in French Oak barrels that housed BHAKTA’s 1973 Armagnac vintage.—
Erik Ofgang,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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During the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, who ruled the Philippines from 1972 to 1986, the United States trained and funded a Philippine army that tortured, jailed, and disappeared thousands of dissidents.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Robinson was jailed after admitting contempt of court last year for continually repeating false claims about a Syrian refugee that led to the refugee and his family receiving death threats.—
David Gilbert,
WIRED,
3 Jan. 2025
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Peace confines violence to self-defense in vindication of the right of self-preservation.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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Terrorism is no longer confined to distant battlefields; it is waged here at home and increasingly fought in the digital sphere.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The decision marks another significant setback for Khan, who has been imprisoned since 2023.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Zuckerberg — who Trump once threatened to imprison for life — has reset Meta by scrapping social media fact-checkers and restrictions ondenigrating LGBTQ people, immigrants, and women.—
Jess Weatherbed,
The Verge,
16 Jan. 2025
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Altamura Man’s Frozen Legacy Deep in an Italian cave, researchers discovered Altamura Man, a Neanderthal fossil encased in limestone for over 130,000 years.—
Anna Nordseth,
Discover Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Moore’s niece’s body was found encased in concrete in 1995.—
Defne Karabatur,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Dec. 2024
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SpaceX is also recovering and reusing payload fairings, the shell that encloses satellite payloads during their initial climb through the atmosphere.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
14 Jan. 2025
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There’s even a circle that encloses on the map similar to a battle royale game, though this is not a competitive PvE title.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Six months after the hurricane, Williams is rebuilding The Last Bar Before the Jungle piece by piece, searing spiny lobsters on a stovetop surrounded by power tools.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Village People released a statement earlier this week about its involvement in events surrounding Trump’s swearing-in.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 Jan. 2025
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Others nominated for multiple Grammys include Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Post Malone, Sabrina Carpenter, Kendrick Lamar and Chappell Roan.—
Mesfin Fekadu,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Jan. 2025
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Additional brands present at the 2024 Runway to Seoul included New York cosmetics company Nars, Korean fragrance brand House Ville Erbatium, and craft beer company Dailybeer.—
Emily Mercer,
WWD,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Immure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immure. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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