as in irons
something that physically prevents free movement
manacles prevented the bear from roaming beyond a very small area
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as in binds
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
manacled the prisoner to the wall
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as in hampers
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations
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Verb
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Love binds the Duncans together just as tightly as their secrets, making family both their greatest weapon — and their greatest weakness — in BET+'s The Family Business.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025 -
That tells you a lot about the spiritual connection that binds our two countries.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Oct. 2025
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Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Around the time of the 2022 bond referendum, then-City Manager Bruce Moore said the thought was to build the new court facility on the site of the old police headquarters, located just a short distance away on Markham Street, once the headquarters was demolished.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Oct. 2025
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Gill's defense attorney asked instead for a cash bond or split bond, which would allow some of the money paid to be used toward future fines or fees.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
21 Oct. 2025
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Texas Roadhouse, which also operates casual dining chains Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers, is expected to report third-quarter results at the end of October.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If a mental image only impedes the human’s process of emulation, why should her mindedness make Celmins’s web less natural than the spider’s?—
Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Let go of whatever impedes your growth and progress.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Around 2013, Hewson was part of an email chain of around twenty researchers working on the problem.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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As for accessories, Stewart added a silver chain necklace to her ensemble with a small padlock motif.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But this unit is two plays — or better yet, two injuries — from being a disaster that handcuffs Miami’s offense, like last year’s unit did, after Grier laughed at the media for its concern about fragile state of the 2024 O-line.—
Omar Kelly
August 19,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
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At the crash site, some of the rescuers find Morrow, who holds them at gunpoint and handcuffs them together in the lab.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
12 Aug. 2025
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At the same time, the Administration has put pressure on tech firms to take down activity that hinders its agenda.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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In addition to delivering high-quality search results, this method hinders search-engine cheating; artificially boosting your web page by putting up a thousand pages linking to it won’t accomplish much if those pages have low status.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Manacles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manacles. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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