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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Over the course of the next three years, the novel would stumble and slow, as novels are bound to do.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026 -
The shipment was bound for New Jersey but never arrived, according to company officials.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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The Rays entered the series after a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox but have lost consecutive games to the Angels, who were tied for the worst record in the American League at the start of play Saturday.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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The Knicks elected to foul rather than allow San Antonio to attempt a tying three and the strategy worked exactly as intended.—
Dan Zaksheske,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 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
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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 14 Jun. 2026.
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