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caging

  • present participle of cage.

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"This generation didn't even have enough to eat growing up. Now with a little money, they have inherited the habit and custom of caging birds," he says.

From BBC Dec. 28, 2025

Ben Williamson, who works for PeTA, says that the new box shows that people today no longer accept “the chaining and caging of wild animals.”

From NewsForKids.net Apr. 23, 2024

One tomb, part of a substantial cemetery surrounding a monastery to the west of Xylotymbou village was being used for caging cats.

From Science Daily Mar. 7, 2024

Sadly, we appear more interested in caging people than in educating them.

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 2023

No interest in caging the prey for later use.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins