as in to confine
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
impound stray animals
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Recent Examples of impound
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.
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Time, 9 Oct. 2025
In addition, even if no budget has been passed, various authority figures within the federal government have threatened to impound any such funds even if they are authorized by Congress.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Oct. 2025
When her car, her only lifeline, is stolen and impounded, Ogle is thrust into a relentless legal battle against an indifferent system.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
While police have impounded six e-bikes in PB in the past two weeks, Dishman said violations are mostly committed by young riders in middle or high school, not adults.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
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Time, 9 Oct. 2025
In addition, even if no budget has been passed, various authority figures within the federal government have threatened to impound any such funds even if they are authorized by Congress.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 1 Oct. 2025
When her car, her only lifeline, is stolen and impounded, Ogle is thrust into a relentless legal battle against an indifferent system.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
While police have impounded six e-bikes in PB in the past two weeks, Dishman said violations are mostly committed by young riders in middle or high school, not adults.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impound
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There, protesters confined to an area of downtown Los Angeles clashed with federal agents.—
Sergio Martínez-Beltrán,
NPR,
17 Oct. 2025
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And once that happens, the risks do not stay confined to one company.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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Individual bulbs need to be spaced at least an inch apart, so keep that in mind when choosing the width of your container.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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Such pleasurable pains, at their most chronic, or their most carnal, can keep Lang occupied for the length of a stanza.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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Lyra’s existence pushes back against the moral absolutes and gendered expectations that define her world and seek to limit her agency.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
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This helps limit what hackers and AI scrapers can learn about you online.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, where a $239 million overhaul is underway, will open its imposing doors on October 23-24 for hundreds of guests for its second annual showcase of currently and formerly incarcerated filmmakers.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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This is to say nothing of ongoing issues for Native American voters, Latino/a voters, the currently and formerly incarcerated, and disabled voters.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of experts met at a two-day conference on engineering and safeguarding synthetic life in Manchester, UK, in September to discuss where red lines should be drawn to restrict research into technologies that could enable the creation of mirror organisms.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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On Tuesday, Meta announced that teen accounts on Instagram will be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and won’t be able to change their settings without a parent’s permission.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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When he is imprisoned on the basis of false testimony, with no hope of release, the intrepid Mercédès tries to break him out of jail.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
14 Oct. 2025
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The last battle in CaliforniaThe Modocs who had attacked peace commissioners were imprisoned at Fort Klamath, where they were tried and convicted of murder.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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The state can fairly easily police the requirement that Max be installed on new phones by threatening phone companies that don’t comply or even jailing their executives.—
Justin Sherman,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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Orwell was thinking about a society where people who spoke out were jailed, potentially executed and were kind of disappeared.—
Pamela Avila,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
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As is his wont, Schumacher leans into the emotional manipulation — heaven forbid the man should ever restrain himself — which actually undercuts the emotions on display.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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The goal is to learn how Treg cells and other immune cells can be kept in equilibrium – strong enough to defend against infections and cancer yet restrained enough to prevent autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.—
Mitzi Nagarkatti,
The Conversation,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Impound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impound. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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