bind

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The situation puts central banks in a bind on inflation and interest rates.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

For instance, one of the Bible’s best-known passages has God test Abraham by demanding he bind and sacrifice Isaac.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

That leaves the BOJ in a familiar bind: Hike too soon and risk clipping fragile growth, or hold back and risk damaging household confidence, plus U.S. scrutiny if the yen weakens excessively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Many economists say India's growth model helps explain the bind.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

Besides, he could not bind all that he had in his nature—the rover, the aspirant, the poet, the priest—in the limits of a single passion.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë