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to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house
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to create difficulty for the work or activity of
shackled by poverty and ignorance
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Recent Examples of shackled
Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Carvajal’s name was absent from the top of the January indictment unsealed on the morning Maduro arrived shackled in New York with Flores.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Syrian authorities on Friday arrested Amjad Yousef, a former intelligence officer who appeared in a video leaked four years ago that purportedly showed him and his comrades executing dozens of blindfolded and shackled prisoners in the Damascus suburb of Tadamon during the country’s civil war.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
Peña, who had terminal kidney disease, was shackled to his hospital bed, guarded by immigration agents and told he wasn’t allowed to disclose his location, according to his wife.
—Claudia Boyd Barrett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
In a world shackled by the tenets of patriarchy, men are still guided by antiquated ideals of masculinity.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Niall and Ruben are locked into their toxic dynamic, and we’re shackled alongside them.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
McCaffrey, wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the wrists and waist, appeared largely expressionless during the brief proceeding, which lasted less than five minutes, WCIV reported.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
While searching one of his homes, police discovered a room with a television screen broadcasting security footage and could see the elderly couple in a concrete room shackled to a wall, blindfolded.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
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Syrian authorities on Friday arrested Amjad Yousef, a former intelligence officer who appeared in a video leaked four years ago that appears to show him and his comrades executing dozens of blindfolded and shackled prisoners in the Damascus suburb of Tadamon during the civil war.
—Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
Carvajal’s name was absent from the top of the January indictment unsealed on the morning Maduro arrived shackled in New York with Flores.
—Max Saltman, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Syrian authorities on Friday arrested Amjad Yousef, a former intelligence officer who appeared in a video leaked four years ago that purportedly showed him and his comrades executing dozens of blindfolded and shackled prisoners in the Damascus suburb of Tadamon during the country’s civil war.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
Peña, who had terminal kidney disease, was shackled to his hospital bed, guarded by immigration agents and told he wasn’t allowed to disclose his location, according to his wife.
—Claudia Boyd Barrett, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
In a world shackled by the tenets of patriarchy, men are still guided by antiquated ideals of masculinity.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Niall and Ruben are locked into their toxic dynamic, and we’re shackled alongside them.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
McCaffrey, wearing an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the wrists and waist, appeared largely expressionless during the brief proceeding, which lasted less than five minutes, WCIV reported.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
While searching one of his homes, police discovered a room with a television screen broadcasting security footage and could see the elderly couple in a concrete room shackled to a wall, blindfolded.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shackled
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The project area is bounded by the Midlothian Turnpike, Central Avenue, 147th Street and Lamon Avenue.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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After all, in Game 3, Banchero made a game-clinching 3 in the final minute that bounded high off the back of the rim and miraculously fell through.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The court issued a ruling that limits consideration of race in drawing voting maps — potentially a boon for Republicans, who have been hampered by the civil rights law in their attempt to redraw maps in Louisiana, Alabama and other states.—
Matthew Choi,
Washington Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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Connor McDavid looked ordinary at best, clearly hampered by his injury.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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Unofficial results for two special elections held Tuesday show the Minnesota House will remain tied heading into the 2026 legislative session.—
Aki Nace,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Others, like Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio, see the issue first cropping up in public spending, with programs being squeezed out by the interest payments the government is handcuffed into paying.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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He was then handcuffed and detained at the NYPD's 79th Precinct in Bed-Stuy and was ultimately charged.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Catholic-Protestant divide impeded North American solidarity.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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GasBuddy expects that if the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked or significantly impeded through Memorial Day, the national average price of gas could surpass the all‑time record of $5 per gallon.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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Ziggy remained chained to a wall inside the Pachyderm House for 29 years.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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At times, the children were chained to their beds or put in cages for breaking house rules.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Nearly 9 in 10 workers said burnout has hindered their productivity.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Rams boss Les Snead and Chiefs leadership tandem Andy Reid and Brett Veach don’t seem hindered by obstacles either, despite later draft slots and paying future Hall of Fame quarterbacks.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The massive, unofficial sandbar party transformed Lake Boca Raton into a sea of anchored vessels, music, and socializing for the annual South Florida tradition.—
Joe Cavaretta,
Sun Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
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The pair left The Abaco Inn bar on Elbow Cay in their dinghy at dusk on April 4, headed to their anchored sailboat just off the cay's western coast.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Shackled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shackled. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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