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 Ghana, there also remains frustration at the old FIFA rules which dictated that once a player had represented a country at youth level, he was bound to it forever.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026 -
But those thread-like mushroom filaments also bind soils together, which enhances soil structure, drainage, and moisture retention.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
16 June 2026
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With the duel tied at 88-88, the Aces called time-out with five seconds left.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
10 Dec. 2025
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While Riley was working his way up the Boise State depth chart, Jeanty has been trying to find success with a struggling Las Vegas Raiders team that is tied for the worst record and fewest points scored in the entire NFL.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Dec. 2025
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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 17 Jun. 2026.
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