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as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house
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as in hampered
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
shackled by poverty and ignorance
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Recent Examples of shackled
Christina Fan, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
At the time, he was shackled and wearing the sleeveless blue smock intended to prevent its wearer from taking their own life.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Jan. 2026
While Maduro's hands were in restraints during his transfer to the courthouse, neither he nor wife were shackled in the courtroom.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
The biggest mystery is how McDaniel could have seen all of Tagovailoa’s limitations and still advocated for the Dolphins to give him the four year, $212 million extension ($167 million guaranteed) that has left the franchise shackled.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Nick's hands and his feet were shackled.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Karki was shackled and standing several feet away, according to his wife Tika Basnet, who was in the courtroom last Wednesday.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 11 Dec. 2025
Court process begins with hearing Both Mahmoud and Ali were shackled as they were escorted into court Monday, according to CNN reporters who attended the hearing.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Last month, immigration authorities raided a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia, detained 300 South Korean workers and showed video of some of them shackled in chains.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
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His legs were shackled, but his hands were free.
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In a state bounded on three sides by seawater, where water courses through underground aquifers and some 50 inches of rain falls annually, a series of historic efforts to drain the Everglades have made modern Florida possible.—
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More than 60% of those arrests — nearly 1,200 — occurred in the Harrison District, roughly bounded by Division Street, Roosevelt Road, Western and Cicero avenues.—
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This isn’t the first time injuries have hampered Norfleet.—
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All of these issues combined have left Target with a workforce that has grown faster than sales and a complex corporate structure that has hampered decision-making and created needless red tape.—
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The interface incorporates gamification elements such as badges, achievements, and cocktail discovery missions tied to different locations.—
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That’s the difference between having a mere below-average QB versus an awful one tied to your receiver.—
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As a result, the water vapor in that impeded breath condenses on the surface of your immediately-adjacent prescription glasses, sunglasses or ski goggles.—
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Adding palbociclib, however, blocked this adaptation and impeded the cancer cells’ ability to survive.—
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The officers tackled people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical irritants on bystanders, an official from the Minneapolis school told MPR.—
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The suspects were then caught on camera getting handcuffed and escorted to a police cruiser, body camera footage shows.—
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Historically, the water’s purity was singular, giving life to a watershed that flourished because of a unique paucity of nutrients, a situation that hindered the pursuit of any single species that would dominate the rest.—
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Normally, scent voices are mere whispers compared to the screams and angry shouts of humans, but in that section, certain sensitive plant species shrieked incessantly because of their proximity to plants that hindered their growth.—
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Others remain anchored to a model that assumes familiarity, patience and a willingness to decode the process.—
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Ground yourself during the Earth seasons (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn) to stay anchored while the Air and Fire energies sweep you into expansion.—
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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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“Shackled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shackled. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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