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But the truth is that even the state’s slow- or no-growth communities have effectively chained themselves to the idea that growth will pay for everything.

Prometheus found himself chained to the side of a Scythian mountain for disobeying the gods, who believed their strength depended on keeping people in dumb and servile awe.

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In the past, islanders didn't hang washing outside as a mark of respect for the Sabbath - and on occasions some church-goers even chained up children's swings to help ensure peace and quiet.

From BBC

He told local media he was given electric shocks, chained to a bed and injected with substances.

From BBC

After Sofia’s pulled a Frey mass murder leaving him alone and chained up in his underwear, negotiating for his life, he tries to shame her by saying, “What kind of person kills their own family?”

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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