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  1. On the way to, heading for. For example, This bus is bound for Broadway. It is also found in a well-known gospel hymn in which the singer is “bound for the land of Canaan.” This phrase stems from the 12th-century meaning of bound as “ready” or “prepared.”

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In Jebel Ali, container ships are unloaded onto smaller vessels bound for countries ranging from east Africa to India, noted Anne-Sophie Fribourg, vice-president of France's TLF freighters union.

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All 14 of its vessels inside the Persian Gulf and a further seven that were bound for the region have been instructed to immediately proceed to shelter, it said.

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He boarded a flight late Tuesday bound for the United States, a local immigration official confirmed to AFP.

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