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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Over a century later, the Himalayan blackberry has spread far beyond the modest backyard bounds its importers envisioned, opting instead to take over indiscriminately and displace the native trailing blackberry (Rubus ursinus) in the process.
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What The $10 Million Cap Changes At the old $1 million ceiling, operational risk was bounded by the dollar amount.
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Brazil and Morocco are currently tied atop Group C with four points apiece.
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San Francisco tied the game at 1-1 in the second following Caissie’s home run on a Daniel Susac sacrifice fly after loading the bases on three consecutive singles against Lake Bachar, who opened Miami’s bullpen game.
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Another told The Times she was arrested while high on fentanyl and had to detox without medication while chained to a metal bar for hours.
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The footage shows men and women with bags over their heads, chained to the wall in the underground tunnels, looking not that dissimilar from detainees at Abu Ghraib.
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“Enchained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enchained. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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