in chains

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Amino acids connect in chains to form proteins, which perform nearly all essential functions in living organisms, from constructing cells to driving chemical reactions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

Matan Zangauker, 25, is a soldier whose mother has campaigned relentlessly for his release, protesting while tied up in chains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

Such activism, I believed then and I believe now, began in 1619, the moment enslaved Africans were deposited in chains on American shores.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

Earth may have remained watery for quite some time—at least until tectonic processes began to recycle Earth’s crust into its interior, and magma bubbled up in chains of island volcanoes that eventually fused into continents.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 30, 2024

He might clap me in chains instead and hand me back to my sweet sister.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin