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Using biophysical techniques and crystallography, a method that allows scientists to determine the detailed three-dimensional structure of molecules, the team obtained a high-resolution view of how these plant receptors bind to fungal effectors.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

His government banned its use in federal executions but that did not bind individual states such as Tennessee, which can choose their own methods.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He also saw that giving Americans across the states a shared stake in federal bonds helped bind a fractious new country together.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

When former leader Deng Xiaoping toured the U.S. in 1979, eager to bind a reforming China to the West, he famously donned a 10-gallon cowboy hat at a Texas rodeo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

One end of the Protac drug binds to the disease-causing protein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"When CS18 binds to BRCT7/8, the cancer-promoting activities of MYC and mutant p53 decreased, proteins involved in DNA repair became less active and cancer cells were more likely to die," Lin said.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

The list also reaches into the everyday commerce that binds the two economies, including cheese, seafood and cosmetics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

He assured Sen. John Cornyn that “other agencies or departments” somehow binds only the IRS and Treasury, a reading Cornyn told him the text will not bear.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Isabel loves the boy almost as much as I do, and he binds us like sisters.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

Forty-three flights bound for Istanbul Airport had to be diverted Wednesday, as did three flights heading for Sabiha Gokcen on the Asian side, which temporarily suspended take-offs due to strong winds, the transport ministry said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi has alleged he was abducted by armed men and handed over "hooded and bound" to FBI agents, who had a plane waiting to fly him out of the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Continuing to squander so many opportunities is bound to come with a price.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The stakes are high, and Abascal’s story is bound to remain central to election campaigns, said Beatriz Becerra, a political analyst and a former centrist lawmaker at the European Parliament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Fat Pete howled, but Jeremy walked past him; except for his dignity, the bound cat was unharmed.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

By binding to molecules the fungus uses during infection, these regions help plants recognize the presence of an invading pathogen and activate their defenses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

The word bond should remind everyone—borrowers and investors alike—that debt is meant to be a binding commitment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

In September, Zuckerberg was one of six American tech executives to sign what President Donald Trump described as a "morally binding" commitment to build adequate safeguards around ever more advanced AI models.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

At the end of last month, Trump hosted the leaders of US tech giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, SpaceX, Meta, and Google at the White House where the executives signed a "morally binding" document.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

It seems like Emily kept most of her poems for herself, binding them into little books nobody knew about.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison