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  • past participle of bind.
  • past tense form of bind.
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bound

[bound] / baʊnd /






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Beside Grant, who is bound for the Portland Cascade, there will be 12 other former Bruins sprinkled among the league’s six rosters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

China and North Korea share a 1,400km-long border and are bound by a defence pact - the only one China has with any country.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

When galaxies collide and eventually combine, their central black holes can become gravitationally bound, forming what scientists call a supermassive black hole binary.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Even though the “K-shaped economy is bound to have varying degrees of impact across our coverage based on customer demographics, we expect limited overall economic impact” from lower-income cohorts spending less, says Shemesh.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

His eyelids were freezing together, and soon they would be bound shut as ice pellets whipped his face from all directions.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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