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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

United States in 1929 that where Congress prescribes the exclusive method for compromising tax liability, informal settlements by officials, however senior, do not bind the United States.

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

“How dare you bind me? Do you know who it is you have dared touch?”

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

The Ocean of Peace alliance elevates Fiji to one of Australia's few treaty allies and binds each nation to come to the other's "mutual defence".

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 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

At normal energies, the strong nuclear force is indeed strong, and it binds the quarks tightly together.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking

"I don't think it's fair for somebody to be on a contract where they literally don't know whether or not they're going to be working at all, and yet they're bound by that contract."

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Treasury yields were lower in recent trade on Wednesday, although they remained near the upper bound of their recent range.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

On Aug. 4, a military helicopter carrying President Trump took off from the White House, bound for Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

"With dairy products, it's got two proteins -- casein and whey -- that are bound together with fat and with nutrients mixed in," says Anderson.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

That meant the nails were bound to come loose during the raising, causing the loss of many of the timbers and untold damage to the hull.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

“We believe that these conditions, if secured through a binding agreement, will largely serve this purpose,” the said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

"An hour or two of exposure is enough to trigger glycosylation, or the binding of smoke to the sugars in the grapes," said oenology consultant Clement Prelat, who is advising winemakers in the area.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

However, upon further inspection, it’s not clear that any of this is legally binding, and Blanche himself admitted as much during his hearing last month.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Back in High River, a town that has served as the backdrop for television shows such as HBO’s “The Last of Us” and FX’s “Fargo,” Shae Morris plans to vote for a binding referendum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The sun-baked car didn’t have air conditioning and the back of my shirt turned into wet adhesive, binding clammy skin to black leatherette.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx