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Example Sentences

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The company said it wasn’t bound to serve them because its first plant wasn’t fully operational.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

"This is explained by our initiatives and also by the fact that they were using Iranian ports or carrying goods coming from or bound for Iran."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Some are fiduciaries, bound by pledges to look after your best interests, while others — even some good ones — are not fiduciaries.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Much of that is bound for Asian countries, which have seen energy flows abruptly dry up, as prices spike and supplies shrink.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Her forehead was bound with a purple rag, and her hair hung like thin gray tails around her face.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda