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If any sufficiently senior official could sign away tax liability with a memo, the revenue laws would bind only taxpayers without friends in the government.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

Lincoln had advised his manager to “make no contracts that bind me,” but Davis handed out promises, including the offer of cabinet positions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

It destroys the ties that bind and encourages anger and petulance.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

Hernández Sánchez proposed that if lanthanides could bind oxygen in the right way, they might produce highly reactive lanthanide oxo compounds.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

My brothers and my mother were able to make some of the other preparations for me—collecting sticks and gum for the arrows, collecting the rope to bind them with.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

He assured Sen. John Cornyn that “other agencies or departments” somehow binds only the IRS and Treasury, a reading Cornyn told him the text will not bear.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

The team also wants to map the full sequence of events that occurs after BRP binds to its target.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

"You have to shift your perspective from a map of dispersed and isolated islands to one where the ocean itself is the living fabric that binds us all together," she said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

And, unlike the AD100-approved interior designers and architects that so many Hollywood stars rely on to bring their dream dwellings to life, the tie that binds these A-listers is actually accessible to the average homeowner.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

The flimsy binds were a silly thing to take comfort in—they’d do nothing if Diko's mood soured—but he was subdued, at least for now.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“Even wheelchair bound he continued to be so sweet and generous with his fans. Thank you Tim for meaning so much to so many people.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

In 1964, physicists introduced the quark model to organize these bound states.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

On Aug. 17, the couple left their home outside Dallas, bound for Kathmandu and onward to Tibet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Puntland security sources and a Somali government official have told the BBC that the Lutuf was carrying weapons bound for a Turkish military training facility in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

“Magic will make you do anything you’ve bound yourself to,” said Red.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Many experimental compounds designed to stimulate PPARδ work by binding directly to the receptor and activating it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

While there may be no immediate consequences for missing this year's target, it signals that the country is on course to miss a legally binding 2030 target of cutting emissions 65 percent by 2030.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

The U.N. and Red Cross say the conference “offers the clearest path available” toward binding legal rules on the use of such weaponry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

While there has been no official confirmation of the outcome, it understood Mateta's contract remained binding.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The leather binding of Eddie’s journal lay open and empty on the ground.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia