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[tahy] / taɪ /








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Mostly the book rattles on in a free style, with Mr. Coben telling personal stories about his life that tie into his practices as a writer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

That could come into play this weekend since a tie after extra time would take the game to a series of penalty kicks to decide a winner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Between Lightfoot and Gord Downie and countless others, rock and folk music genuinely tie Canadian cultural identity together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

"I don't tie grooming gangs specifically to an ethnicity."

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

I petted him and said, “Look, boy, I don’t like to tie you up but there’s nothing else I can do.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Reports in recent weeks have indicated that the U.S. government was looking into the CEO’s close ties to Alice Huang, who U.S. government officials believed to be a Chinese spy.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

The months-long blazes have engulfed huge tracts of land and produced air pollution that has harmed human health, drifted across borders and frayed Indonesia's ties with its neighbours.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

One more point from their remaining two matches will secure a place in the two-legged quarter-finals in March, with the winners of those ties advancing to the Nations League Finals in June.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Peña, a Columbia University-trained economist who took office in 2023, held a large stake in the bank’s parent company Grupo Vázquez, but said he cut ties to the firm in 2025 as it faced scrutiny.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

In his debonair suits, two-toned shoes, and stylish ties, William did not look like a warrior.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Stroud completed 21 of 35 passes for 384 yards and tied his career high with five touchdown passes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

Despite their travails, Russell and Antonelli finished fourth and fifth to clinch the constructors' championship for Mercedes a week after the Italian had tied up the drivers' title.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Some stock pickers set rules tied to dividends.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026

Worth Girvan and Gaspar were virtually tied on election night Tuesday, but on Thursday Worth Girvan began pulling ahead as more mail-in ballots were counted.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Finally, he tied me at the elbows, which was probably the only place the pixies didn’t bite.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

But Commanders safety Nick Cross intercepted a pass by Stafford, setting up a tying field goal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

This year still has a "20 percent chance of tying or exceeding" 2024 as the warmest ever seen, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a monthly bulletin.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

El-Sayed bested Republican Mike Rogers, withstanding an onslaught of attacks that included baselessly tying him to terrorism and a high-profile spat with a fellow Democrat.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Officials in recent weeks privately acknowledged that the idea of tying disparate threads together in one big conspiracy isn’t practical, and have begun pursuing what they say are narrower but related criminal cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

I struggle to my feet, tying the dressing gown.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen


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