chained

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Nobody knows how, since the bell’s been chained up for such a long time that the metal links have rusted.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

She volunteers with a group that visits Skid Row, provides supplies to the people there, and tries to rescue animals who live chained up in abysmal conditions.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

"Every day we get reports of, horses, dogs, pigs, goats, everything. So many animals being either stranded, abandoned, locked up and chained," Kenny said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

By contrast, the German Reich was unfortunate in its ally Austria-Hungary during World War I; one observer likened it to “being chained to a rotting corpse.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The next time Roza tried to get into her dorm room, she found the door chained from the inside.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby