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For families Kids will have a ball exploring Marsa’s sprawling grounds, but for more contained adventures, there’s the dedicated Family Club for guests aged 3 to 10.
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Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
The proposal would require the federal government to create a contained and secure testing area for AI software, known as a regulatory sandbox.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
And beyond that, everyone else had to be very contained and very disciplined and very selfless.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 July 2025
The piece itself is a very contained script: two people, New York City, all-night shoots, felt very manageable to me.
—Carlos Aguilar, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
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Selina Denman, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2026
The proposal would require the federal government to create a contained and secure testing area for AI software, known as a regulatory sandbox.
—Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
And beyond that, everyone else had to be very contained and very disciplined and very selfless.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 July 2025
The piece itself is a very contained script: two people, New York City, all-night shoots, felt very manageable to me.
—Carlos Aguilar, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
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“Contained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contained. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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