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bondage

[bon-dij] / ˈbɒn dɪdʒ /


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When enslaved Africans successfully escaped from bondage, they often set up maroon communities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Chris Farrimond, NCA Director of Threat Leadership, warned migrants who enter the UK "under these clandestine means" are "under increased risk of being forced into exploitation and debt bondage" by groups of people smugglers.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2024

It is well known that the 14th Amendment revolutionized our Constitution, changing a document that sanctioned bondage into one that promised liberation and equal citizenship.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2024

The wrapping marks, cut into the clay like a memory made concrete, oscillate between signs of painful bondage and a warm embrace, a tension both social and artistic in 1970s Korean culture.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024

Seven years of bondage, all the while learning a craft he hated, with never a chance for the one he loved?

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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