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enchainment

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as in enslavement

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He was born into enslavement in Edgefield District, South Carolina, bound by laws that forbade Black literacy.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Anyone arguing otherwise either believes in human enslavement, has no grasp of history, or suffers from both afflictions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026

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For instance, the Supreme Court in late October allowed New Hampshire to enforce restrictions on using student identification cards as valid voter IDs.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2026
McKnight ordered the restrictions after the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), which handles certain disciplinary actions involving clergy, issued a penal precept for Kallal.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026

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Think super-powerful magnets in medical imaging and particle physics experiments; faster circuits that won’t overheat; potential for nuclear fusion plasma confinement.

— Sven Badoux, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Even with execution dates looming, their death row confinement offers a relatively peaceful oasis.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

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Douglas detailed his volatile relationship with his late father, Kirk Douglas, his son Cameron’s addiction and imprisonment, and the Stage 4 cancer diagnosis that forced him to confront his own mortality.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
For decades, Florida lawmakers have demanded investigations, indictments and imprisonment for the Cuban leadership involved.

— Liv Caputo Herald, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of imprisonment

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This chain of reasoning purposefully stokes fear in the hearts of Broward citizens.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Built for government demands BlueChip’s first customers are expected to value durability and supply-chain transparency over portability.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026

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During her incarceration, Runa stopped eating and after her release, she was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.

— Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Some of those lawmakers also want structural shifts in the country’s penal system, drawing inspiration from the mass-incarceration model of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, if Bolsonaro wins and wants to spend funds toward that end.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

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In 1987, biologists captured the last free-flying condor to transfer it to captivity, and the largest flying North American bird species was officially declared extinct in the wild.

— David Ginsburg, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026
But their local expertise, connections, courage, and instincts could stave off death or captivity.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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