as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic
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Elephants moved silently in the distance, and a herd of impala bounded across the plain, skittish but unconcerned with us.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025 -
Chip, the 3-year-old miniature dachshund, was filmed bounding toward the open door but immediately reconsidering after inspecting the dreary conditions outside his home in England.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Musk and Tesla’s fans on Wall Street stress that the future value of company is tied to its self-driving technology and robotaxi plans.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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For the time being, Dragon and Cygnus cargo missions are each tied to the success of the Falcon 9.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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With Gerald's Game, the first of the three, the catch was that the 1992 novel really only has one character, Jessie, a woman handcuffed to a bed after a bedroom activity goes wrong and her husband has a heart attack.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kluwe later went to the front of the meeting, and police handcuffed him and led him out.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Pinioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinioned. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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