as in keeps
to deprive of the ability or liberty to leave
impound stray animals
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Recent Examples of impounds
There's a giant dam that impounds the Colorado River.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
There, the Windy Gap Reservoir impounds the river in a broad mountain valley near Granby, northwest of the ski town of Winter Park.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Dana Taylor, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
There, the Windy Gap Reservoir impounds the river in a broad mountain valley near Granby, northwest of the ski town of Winter Park.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impounds
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After three verse-chorus repetitions, the quartet stop the song cold and set off in a new direction, churning out pure noise even as drummer Steve Shelley keeps everyone anchored.—
Stephen M. Deusner,
Pitchfork,
27 Apr. 2026
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In comparable territory, The Outsiders keeps things earnest, and even Stranger Things, for all its loopiness, plays its baby-monster antihero story tragic and straight.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
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Most currently available hypersonics are costly per unit, which limits their deployment capability.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Apr. 2026
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Lawmakers passed the Youth Charging Reform Act (Senate Bill 323), a long-overdue measure that limits the harmful practice of automatically charging youth as adults.—
Nicole D. Porter,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
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In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Nov. 2025
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Belarus now imprisons 28 journalists as President Lukashenko intensifies a crackdown on press freedom.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Afwerki routinely imprisons his critics and political opponents and has implemented a policy of indefinite mandatory military and national service for residents, which human-rights watchdogs say amounts to slavery.—
Zak Cheney-Rice,
Vulture,
6 Nov. 2025
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The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act restricts some state and local taxes from being deducted from federal taxes.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Buprenorphine is controlled by the Drug Enforcement Administration's suspicious orders report system, which restricts supply when pharmacies order more than allowed under specified thresholds.—
Andrew Jones,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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At certain points in the novel, that distance calcifies and restrains his writing.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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And most of the officials agreed that the Fed’s key rate is close to a level that neither stimulates nor restrains the economy.—
Christopher Rugaber,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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But the most rewarding aspect of Apex, which was directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by Jeremy Robbins, is the degree to which Ben’s thesis holds true for Sasha as well.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Rudin holds degrees in English and American literature from Princeton University and Columbia University.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Impounds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impounds. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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