bind
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The surface of the protein is exceptionally smooth, lacking the molecular pockets that standard drugs require to bind to and turn the switch off.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
But there is no denying that he is in a bind.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Second, some tumors may increase proteins that bind to B12 in the blood.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”
From Slate • May 26, 2026
Quickly it was realized that petroleum in volume not only could be used to bind bowels and banish scabby growths but could be refined into lucrative products like paraffin and kerosene.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing bind
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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