chained

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AI also has helped accelerate the microshift movement by taking over lower-level tasks that keep people chained to their desks during specific hours, such as sorting and responding to emails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Outside the capital's national police facility known as Zone 7, family members had chained themselves to prison gates, while some had spent weeks sleeping in tents.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

It is unreasonable and unrealistic to ask the tourists to be chained to the nets, or spend every moment away from cricket locked in their rooms.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

The animals are chained to an automated vehicle that lays the yellow bricks, made by the Munchkins.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

It is only after she is behind her rope with one foot chained to a stake that the menagerie is opened to the public.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen