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gyve

verb

Definition of gyve

as in to bind

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains a woman who was gyved by a fear of being alone in the world

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In other words, oil prices could remain range-bound for some time, which is great for short premium strategies.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Is England bound for its first crown since the days of Beatlemania?

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Definition of bind

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The 4-point play gave Mitchell her fourth 30-point game of the season, tied for the most in a single season in franchise history, and extended her franchise record to 15 30-point outings.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Odysseus insisted on hearing their song and was tied to the mast.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 2026

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While some players were able to weather that storm – defenseman Joel Edmundson played all 82 games for the first time in a career often fettered by injuries – others paid a price.

— Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026
This comes in the wake of millions of apps being dumped from Play Store for not being good enough and an expansion of Google’s Play Integrity API to fetter app behaviors on phones no longer eligible for security updates — Android 12 or older.

— Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025

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