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

The animals are chained to an automated vehicle that lays the yellow bricks, made by the Munchkins.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 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

For his wife Barbara, the toughest time of her captivity was "seeing my 80-year old husband struggling to get into the back of a police truck with his hands and ankles chained."

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

It raised its feathers and called out in alarm when it saw the witch-queen, but it was chained to its perch and could not leave.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman