manacling

present participle of manacle
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Example Sentences

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Verb
  • It was spell binding to hear Ken talk Russia back in the day, about being followed by secret police & the final 7th game.
    Karl Moore, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Your congressman can now sign the discharge petition to force a vote on binding legislation to release the Epstein files.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Since Ruben Amorim’s arrival at Manchester United 10 months ago, the team’s struggles to score goals have been hampering them.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Nurse Chapel concludes that sleep, friends, and romantic entanglements have been hampering her productivity.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Former Klamath Tribes Chairman Jeff Mitchell, a longtime advocate for dam removal, told The Arizona Republic in 2024 that his tribe had suffered from the dams impeding salmon migration years before the downriver tribes.
    Debra Utacia Krol, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But that kind of government involvement carries any number of risks, like impeding overall economic growth or making US companies less competitive around the world.
    Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The improvements came in the passing attack, with wideout Javen Nicholas recording a career-best 11 catches for 122 yards, coming just one shy of tying Austin Duke’s program reception record of 12.
    Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On the other hand, Democrats have worked to nationalize the race by tying Earle-Sears to Trump and his efforts to slash the federal workforce.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The senior Lebanese official warned that continued Israeli strikes on Lebanon are hindering government efforts to disarm the group.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Armstrong was on probation for a case in Georgia involving charges of first-degree cruelty to children, false imprisonment, simple battery and obstructing or hindering of law enforcement, records show.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • If that wasn’t embarrassing enough, then came an ugly post-game brawl that has gone viral on social media all over the world.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Taking just the bare stats into consideration, Rooney's managerial career has been defined by a horrendously low win rate, but that is in addition to a spate of embarrassing off-field antics.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Armstrong was on probation for a case in Georgia involving charges of first-degree cruelty to children, false imprisonment, simple battery and obstructing or hindering of law enforcement, records show.
    Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Burning Man organizers stressed the importance of not obstructing the investigation.
    Stepheny Price , Julia Bonavita , Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Manacling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manacling. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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