chained

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Boxes are typically bolted into concrete or chained in place.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 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

It is unreasonable and unrealistic to ask the tourists to be chained to the nets, or spend every moment away from cricket locked in their rooms.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

They were chained or tied together and marched, often barefoot, first into Georgia and then farther and farther west in the dramatically expanded United States.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 2025

The engineer bowed, and his brown monkey dæmon retreated behind his legs at the sight of the golden monkey with the chained hands.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman