chained

Example Sentences

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It is what’s known as a privilege escalation exploit, and if it were chained together with other attacks it could be used by a hacker to seize control of the computer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 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 keeping people chained and, in a sense, locking up their potential and their dreams,” said Pacheco, who serves as president and chief executive of TheDream.US, a scholarship program.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

For his wife Barbara, the toughest time of her captivity was "seeing my 80-year old husband struggling to get into the back of a police truck with his hands and ankles chained."

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

He did not have his hands and feet chained together.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong