chained

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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

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

“Good Boy,” by Jan Komasa, has an arresting star turn by Anson Boon as a ruffian who gets chained up in a rich family’s cellar until he agrees to behave.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

In the sequel panel, the tables have turned: The same guy is chained in a postapocalyptic hellscape while the woman lounges happily with her robot overlord, smugly nibbling chocolates.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2025

He did not have his hands and feet chained together.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong