shackles

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Until the 1960s, Ms. Horn writes, most zoologists had “studied only specimens on cold tables, or broken creatures in shackles or cages.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

He was paraded through Heathrow Airport with his wrists in shackles, and escorted onto a plane by two FBI agents.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

The next decade was characterised by a series of near misses - until learning to deal with what he called golfing "heartbreak" lifted the shackles 12 months ago.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

The findings suggest that this rule effectively "shackles evolution," because no species studied so far has managed to escape the limits it places on how temperature influences biological performance.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2026

Behind him, he dragged the burden of heavy shackles.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers