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[bahynd] / baΙͺnd /






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His government banned its use in federal executions but that did not bind individual states such as Tennessee, which can choose their own methods.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The tighter you bind, the less you need,” said Eroshenko, the company’s CEO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The company also is focused on designing antibodies to make them bind more tightly to their targets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The researchers also created matched control compounds that could bind to NUDT5 without causing the protein to be destroyed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

As she knelt to bind Mr. Curtain’s hands and feet, Kate eagerly told them what had happened.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

One end of the Protac drug binds to the disease-causing protein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"The other side binds either of two proteins called P300 and CBP that add chemical tags called acetyl marks onto nearby proteins."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

The list also reaches into the everyday commerce that binds the two economies, including cheese, seafood and cosmetics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

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

God blessed our home with the love that binds .

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

Forty-three flights bound for Istanbul Airport had to be diverted Wednesday, as did three flights heading for Sabiha Gokcen on the Asian side, which temporarily suspended take-offs due to strong winds, the transport ministry said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Last week, a BA flight bound for Chicago spent five hours circling over Ireland, before turning back and landing at London Heathrow, where it had taken off.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Continuing to squander so many opportunities is bound to come with a price.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The stakes are high, and Abascal’s story is bound to remain central to election campaigns, said Beatriz Becerra, a political analyst and a former centrist lawmaker at the European Parliament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Once we’d made it through the narrow tunnel at Camden Street Station, we had to wait for maintenance work to be completed on the train bound for Washington.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

By binding to molecules the fungus uses during infection, these regions help plants recognize the presence of an invading pathogen and activate their defenses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

The word bond should remind everyone—borrowers and investors alike—that debt is meant to be a binding commitment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

At the end of last month, Trump hosted the leaders of US tech giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, SpaceX, Meta, and Google at the White House where the executives signed a "morally binding" document.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

Tech bosses at a White House meeting this week signed a commitment to self-police AI, an accord Trump described as "morally binding."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

He lashed a second horse, binding it to his will.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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