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chain

[cheyn] / tʃeɪn /




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Consumers have filed at least four lawsuits against Taco Bell in connection with their illnesses, alleging the chain sold adulterated products that led to lost wages, suffering and bodily harm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The chain said it had received positive feedback for its handling of the outbreak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

The dome, which will keep its Cinerama name, will be operated by Sony Pictures Entertainment’s theater chain, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, the company announced in a statement Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

British chain Waterstones said there had been "phenomenal" demand, particularly for the 2017 translation by Emily Wilson, which Sir Christopher has cited as one of his sources.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Because when Boaz reached for the chain around his neck, the ring, he realized it wasn’t there.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Peptides are short chains of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

International hotel chains have surrendered their operations, and the dwindling tourism industry has denied the insolvent government an essential revenue source.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

In 2021, Hot Dog on a Stick and the other chains were sold to Fat Brands, which owned Fatburger among other brands.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Jefferies analysts wrote in a note to clients that Airbus’s latest business update was solid, although the message on improving supply chains still needs to translate into a meaningful acceleration in production.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Rows of chains ran down either side, bolting the frame to large hooks in the floor.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

His hands and ankles were chained, and he was shipped off to Adelanto alongside a handful of other immigrants, all who were at least a decade older than him.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Nobody knows how, since the bell’s been chained up for such a long time that the metal links have rusted.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

Outside the capital's national police facility known as Zone 7, family members had chained themselves to prison gates, while some had spent weeks sleeping in tents.

From Barron's Mar. 8, 2026

By contrast, the German Reich was unfortunate in its ally Austria-Hungary during World War I; one observer likened it to “being chained to a rotting corpse.”

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Only a short while ago, drüskelle would have been gathered in this niche of the wall to welcome their new brothers ashore, but now it was empty, the iron grating chained.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Adding eight gigawatts of new demand to a 2.4 gigawatt system is like chaining an M1 Abrams tank to a Toyota Camry and expecting the two vehicles to drive calmly down the highway together.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

You and your husband have gone from wanting to sell this house to actually chaining yourself to the house and the future occupants.

From MarketWatch Jan. 21, 2026

New offences were created including interfering with national infrastructure, "locking on" – chaining or gluing yourself to something – and tunnelling underground.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2025

“They were chaining the steps in behind us,” Seals said, “so we didn’t have a way out, really.”

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2024

By winter he was back in the woods with Charlie McDonald, cutting cottonwoods, chaining them to the draft horses, and skidding them out of the woods in snow and sleet.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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