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- adjective enclosed in or as if in a box
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Examples
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Her dull, boxed-in life has one nagging intrusion: the editor who keeps bugging her for the overdue manuscript she owes her publisher.
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As Skyler answers a call from a frightened Marie, the camera pans up to show a delirious, boxed-in Walt — lying in the grave he's dug for himself.
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Barbara Boxer in her boxed-in view of the world tried to strong arm Mr. Alford by basically telling him, “your people have already spoken on this topic. get in line.”
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If you're feeling "boxed-in" and stuck, think of an innovative way to move your career forward.
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone: Anderson Cooper -- Innovating All the Way to Success
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Given the geopolitical realities of the region, the country that perhaps feels the most boxed-in is India.
Subhash Agrawal: America's Dilemma and India's Role in Post-2011 Afghanistan
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If you're feeling "boxed-in" and stuck, think of an innovative way to move your career forward.
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The primary-colored G-O-O-G-L-E has been swapped for a green and black, boxed-in logo in celebration of Dennis Gabor, the inventor of holography.
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There was no significant discussion in the Bush White House whether just to live with a boxed-in Saddam Hussein in Baghdad, and forgo invasion.
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"Miss," I says, pointing at the lorry, "I'm right boxed-in here, just give me a half."
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Given the geopolitical realities of the region, the country that perhaps feels the most boxed-in is India.
Subhash Agrawal: America's Dilemma and India's Role in Post-2011 Afghanistan
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