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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When the war began, some 81 container vessels were bound for ports along the Strait of Hormuz, according to Kpler.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2026 -
Ensign pointed to a ruling by the 3rd Circuit, which is only binding to that circuit, in the case of Mahmoud Khalil, which found that a district court erred by releasing someone from immigration detention through a habeas corpus petition.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Mar. 2026
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This was only the fourth 20-rebound game of his career; the 21 boards tied a career high.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Just a couple of months later, another dog was found at the airport; this time, the dog was found tied to a pole in the short-term parking garage.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Yet this season he was fettered by scratches of both the injured and healthy variety.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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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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“Gyve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyve. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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