bound up
adjective
: closely involved or associated
—usually used with with
his life was bound up with the town's history
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For Paris fashion observer Benedict Epinay, the grief was bound up with memory.
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Thomas Adamson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
From primary school curricula, to the construction of high schools, to the funding of research at elite universities, education and politics are awkwardly bound up in the United States—and therefore resistant to transformation or even evolution without considerable drama.
—Eric Holcomb, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Now his life had become too bound up in theirs.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Back then, their identity wasn’t bound up in concepts like 4-4-2, wingers and attack, attack, attack.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
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Thomas Adamson, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
From primary school curricula, to the construction of high schools, to the funding of research at elite universities, education and politics are awkwardly bound up in the United States—and therefore resistant to transformation or even evolution without considerable drama.
—Eric Holcomb, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
Now his life had become too bound up in theirs.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Back then, their identity wasn’t bound up in concepts like 4-4-2, wingers and attack, attack, attack.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
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“Bound up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bound%20up. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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