manacles

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Initially modeled in plaster and later cast in bronze, “The Freedman” portrays a formerly enslaved man clad in a loincloth, his left arm in manacles, his right breaking free from the chains of bondage.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2023

“He said he’d go to his grave with the manacles of Iraq,” said retired Col.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Winters, we can look across the vast eastward miles, and regard with pity the icebound, housebound millions in the manacles of winter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2022

How could three citizens looking at a house on a quiet Sunday afternoon wind up surrounded by guns and slapped into manacles?

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2021

“We’ll get you fixed up, Phillip,” Jack said softly as he carefully sliced through the prince’s manacles with the witch’s knife.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley