as in to tie
to attach (someone or something) to something else by or as if by means of a line or cord
Dogs must be leashed while in the dog park.
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On a team in need of offense, Grimes answered the bell as a top scorer in the month of March, tying Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards for 11th in scoring at 26.6 points per game.—
Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
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While the styles of the elements are different, the matching gold finishing through the room tie the light fixture into the design.—
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About six hours later, Wang and his crew were strapping into their Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft atop their own Falcon 9.—
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Simply strap the hands-free leash to your waist and attach the other end to your dog’s collar.—
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Earlier work hinted that some specialized hindbrain cells containing a specific protein are wired directly into the central amygdala.—
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The 6-foot-8 Swede had a perfect finish on a two-on-one pass from Vladimir Tarasenko, wiring it past Vejmelka to tie the score early, less than two minutes after Utah opened the scoring.—
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The exoplanets that are wanderers Many planets aren’t bound to a star but instead roam freely across the stretches of space.—
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She was later found bound with three leather belts, one of which was used to tie her ankles.—
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Taylor Swift was reportedly roped into the Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively lawsuits by the Gossip Girl actress.—
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That put Pittsburgh up 2-1 after Jazz Chisholm Jr. roped an RBI double off Andrew Heaney — another ex-Yankee — in the first inning.—
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However, Cabello lashed out at U.S. authorities, accusing them of unjustly detaining and deporting Venezuelans under false claims of gang affiliations.—
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In early March, tropical storm Alfred battered Australia’s heavily populated east coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain for several days as hundreds of thousands of homes in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales lost power.—
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“Leash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leash. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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