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Israel’s Parks Authority has fenced off the section of beach where Yulia has come ashore to rest, and dispatched volunteers to monitor her from a distance.
From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2023
His brother has fenced sparingly as a substitute.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2020
India has fenced off the Kashmir region from Pakistan.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2020
Saudi Arabia has fenced itself off from Yemen and the United Arab Emirates and is working on a giant wall and ditch along its border with Iraq.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2017
The world of men has fenced me in and hobbled me with convention, with precedent, with fictitious sentiment.
From A Gentleman from Mississippi by Harrison Rhodes
