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Examples
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The "inferno" is many things for Mr Saviano, but most of all it is the cooped-up life he has been forced to live, while the members of the Camorra who hounded him into hiding continue to break the law with impunity.
Saviano's Hell on Earth Tobias Grey 2011
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A heavy, airless stench alerts the approaching visitor of endless litters of whimpering little puppies; walls of cooped-up chickens, roosters, and baby chicks; squawking parrots, caged goats, and snakes; frogs and fish.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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From the endless cold and snow to that cooped-up feeling of boredom.
Mary Ann Esposito: What to Stock in Your Pantry for Winter Mary Ann Esposito 2011
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A heavy, airless stench alerts the approaching visitor of endless litters of whimpering little puppies; walls of cooped-up chickens, roosters, and baby chicks; squawking parrots, caged goats, and snakes; frogs and fish.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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From the endless cold and snow to that cooped-up feeling of boredom.
Mary Ann Esposito: What to Stock in Your Pantry for Winter Mary Ann Esposito 2011
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From the endless cold and snow to that cooped-up feeling of boredom.
Mary Ann Esposito: What to Stock in Your Pantry for Winter Mary Ann Esposito 2011
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Zeus is her 4 ½-year-old Congo African grey parrot, who is ruffling his feathers to stretch his cooped-up, clipped wings.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Lady and the Parrot Nancy Ruhling 2011
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A heavy, airless stench alerts the approaching visitor of endless litters of whimpering little puppies; walls of cooped-up chickens, roosters, and baby chicks; squawking parrots, caged goats, and snakes; frogs and fish.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Zeus is her 4 ½-year-old Congo African grey parrot, who is ruffling his feathers to stretch his cooped-up, clipped wings.
Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Lady and the Parrot Nancy Ruhling 2011
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From the endless cold and snow to that cooped-up feeling of boredom.
Mary Ann Esposito: What to Stock in Your Pantry for Winter Mary Ann Esposito 2011
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