as in to bind
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
a woman who was gyved by a fear of being alone in the world
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Yes, this might be a strange starting point for an article about a kicky new romantic comedy bound for Netflix, but stay with it.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026 -
The cargo plane was bound for Honolulu with a full load of jet fuel.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
19 May 2026
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Luukkonen made a few big saves in the second period to keep the score tied before Buffalo eventually took the lead.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy were among those tied at one point.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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While some players were able to weather that storm – defenseman Joel Edmundson played all 82 games for the first time in a career often fettered by injuries – others paid a price.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
30 Apr. 2026
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This comes in the wake of millions of apps being dumped from Play Store for not being good enough and an expansion of Google’s Play Integrity API to fetter app behaviors on phones no longer eligible for security updates — Android 12 or older.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Gyve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gyve. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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