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gyve

verb

Definition of gyve

as in to bind

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains a woman who was gyved by a fear of being alone in the world

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Egypt and Sudan want binding rules for filling and operating the dam; Ethiopia favors guidelines.

— KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
The task of converting it into binding legislation begins now and will be difficult.

— Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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In this economy, the value of luxury assets like art, watches and fine jewelry is tied to their ability to signal that their owners can afford what others cannot.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Mandarin Oriental, Singapore is running a Creator Pitch Challenge tied to its 40th anniversary, while Bloomr.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

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Perhaps capitalism can be appropriately fettered within the confines of a select few cities, inspiring a nonviolent, nationwide socialist revolution.

— Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026
While some players were able to weather that storm – defenseman Joel Edmundson played all 82 games for the first time in a career often fettered by injuries – others paid a price.

— Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026

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