as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
learned to stop being enchained by fear and live a full life
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Three players handled the ball after the inbounds, but DiCostanzo’s 3-point shot bounded long off the back of the rim with two seconds remaining.—
Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
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The entertainment area — bounded by Southwest Second Street, the railroad tracks, the New River and Nugent Avenue — sits near the Riverwalk, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and the Museum of Discovery and Science.—
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Bell and Shepard got engaged that same year and tied the knot in 2013.—
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The Sabres, however, tied it again.—
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Twenty-one sailors were chained, stripped and sold into slavery.—
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One of Elizabeth Vartkessian’s clients had been left chained to a bed as a baby with a bottle and some bowls nearby.—
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“Enchained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchained. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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