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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  • Investing in our students and young professionals keeps homegrown talent in our state, creating positive educational and career outcomes, and driving our local economy.
    — Sivan Hines, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
  • The state law enacted in 2021, generally keeps records from those investigations confidential.
    — Ben Wheeler July 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Definition of keeps
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  • But the nation’s top court ruled that TPS decisions by the executive branch made were not reviewable by the courts barring constitutional violations claims, which greatly limits the ability of beneficiaries, advocates and lawyers to challenge them.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
  • The legislation loosens regulations to encourage housing construction and limits Wall Street investors from buying homes that could go to families instead.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 11 July 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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  • County leaders vowed to legally oppose the facility, pointing to county zoning laws that do not allow for detention centers or any type of facility that holds or imprisons people on county land.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • But such judgments often come from a place of distance—from people who have never lived under a theocracy that imprisons, tortures, and kills with impunity.
    — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
Definition of imprisons
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  • The bill restricts adversarial foreign nations from maintaining significant investments in agricultural land and property near military bases, among other provisions.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026
  • The ordinance that restricts yoga instruction at city parks does not outlaw teaching other subjects including tai chi and Shakespeare, the city has conceded in court proceedings.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of restricts
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  • Remarkably, state law also severely restrains cities and counties from setting their own regulations, giving local leaders little sway over local gun policies.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
  • The result is an economic model that favors producers, restrains consumers, and floods international markets with supercheap exports, including steel, solar panels, and electric vehicles.
    — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
Definition of restrains
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  • Goldin is the only player who holds a qualifying offer from Miami.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • In the portrait, Rousteing holds Rabanne’s iconic chainmail in one hand, with silver metal mesh, as well as a pen and notebook on the table in front of him.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 14 July 2026
Definition of holds

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