bind

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The situation puts central banks in a bind on inflation and interest rates.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

It promises to help boost the body’s production of follistatin, a protein that controls what other proteins can bind to our cells.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

For instance, one of the Bible’s best-known passages has God test Abraham by demanding he bind and sacrifice Isaac.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

The crackdown from regulators put Mason in a bind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Pentheus angrily ordered the soldiers to bind him and take him to the prison and Dionysus went, saying, “The wrongs you do to me are wrongs done to the gods.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton