impounds

verb

present tense third-person singular of impound
as in keeps
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave impound stray animals

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Recent Examples of impounds There's a giant dam that impounds the Colorado River. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 There, the Windy Gap Reservoir impounds the river in a broad mountain valley near Granby, northwest of the ski town of Winter Park. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impounds
  1. keeps
  2. limits
  3. confines
  4. incarcerates
  5. imprisons
  6. restricts
  7. restrains
  8. holds
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  • This keeps the performance informal and keeps the narrative — a staggering odyssey of injustices, abuses, travel adventures, extraordinary coincidences, losses, reunions, reflections and self-analysis — from becoming sensationalized.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Her muscle Joe keeps bleeding her for more money to find Ethel, who has seemingly disappeared.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of keeps
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  • David Ryder | Reuters The typical homeowners insurance policy excludes or limits coverage for damage from certain disasters, such as earthquakes, landslides and floods, according to insurance experts.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
  • In short, the BofA analyst doesn’t see innovation offsetting the weakness in the larget lifestyle categories, which in turn limits visibility into more durable sales that would provide an earnings recovery.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of limits
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  • Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 9 Feb. 2026
  • In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Definition of confines
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  • Today, Rikers incarcerates approximately sixty-seven hundred people—most of whom are in pretrial detention, others who are serving terms of less than a year—in facilities that are within New York City while also being out of sight and largely out of reach.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
Definition of incarcerates
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  • Some progressives saw the former prosecutor as part of a criminal justice establishment that disproportionately imprisons Black men.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The King imprisons the miller’s daughter in a room and orders her to prove her magical ability under pain of death.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of imprisons
Verb
  • The notice cited the campus’ time, place and manner policy which restricts when, where and how students can hold protests and stated that sanctions up to expulsion may be imposed if the student is found responsible.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • From ancient times, various monastic orders have followed a more expansive form of brahmacharya, one that restricts eight types of engagement with the opposite gender.
    — Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of restricts
Verb
  • Farther down, the levee that restrains the rivers is a low line of trees into the horizon.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The constitutional exclusionary rule restrains government, not private parties, so the Fourth Amendment generally does not bar evidence wrongfully obtained by a private actor.
    — Jihun Joun, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of restrains
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  • The American museum holds about 160 pieces of Schlumberger jewelry and 30 objects that belonged to his longtime patrons and friends Paul and Bunny Mellon, as well as hundreds of drawings the designer donated toward the end of his life.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Critics embraced the movie, which holds an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of holds

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