leash
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“You are dealing with imperfect information. So the mindset is to take down the exposure if it is the beginning of the end. We have a short leash on these stocks,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Among the revisions: new bans on jaywalking, walking pets without a leash and smoking while driving.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
She added there had been "no safety briefing" beforehand, none of the participants had the right type of leash for their boards in these conditions and Lloyd did not have any next of kin details.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Guarded by elite army commandos, their mascot Aloka -- a stray dog rescued in India -- walked on a leash, drawing bows and clasped hands from devotees lining the route.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
She grabs Rootbeer’s leash, but the dog pulls against her.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
Rising pet ownership in China has sparked a rush of companies into making items such as dog food, leashes and toys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
He muscled it into the cage elevator, leashes in hand, the machine balanced against his hip like a prize wrested from fate.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025
All of these animals are loose, liberated from the confines of cages and leashes, and yet no havoc has ensued.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025
She said she had seen people with boards the wrong way round and leashes, which should be attached to legs or waists, around people's wrists.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2024
I see Dray holding two dogs on short leashes.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
A German Jew in 1920s Hamburg, Walther Laqueur stands on his home’s front steps with his sleek Doberman leashed and ready for a walk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
One of the officers confirmed in his declaration that Wilcox “physically pulled a leashed goat from my possession.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
In defense of his owner, the leashed dog dispatched the attacking canine in less than 30 seconds – enough for a TikTok video, had TikTok been around in the 80s.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
Many human-bear interactions could be avoided if people took basic precautions, such as not leaving food out, keeping their pets inside or leashed, and storing trash in bear-proof receptacles.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 25, 2023
He could hear the barely leashed anger in her voice.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
This includes proper training, identifying problematic behaviours, leashing dogs in public and microchipping pets.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
I would feel differently, if say, you were in a public park that required leashing and the dog that attacked Lulu was off-leash.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2023
He envisions having informational screenings playing in the waiting room, building on awareness programs the community is already doing on best practices like leashing and kenneling to keep pets from harm.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
Last week, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez sponsored the "Responsible Dog Ownership Act," which would create stronger laws related to the leashing and fencing of dogs.
From Fox News ● Mar. 30, 2021
If honest men agree, they don't need a stamped bit of paper; and if they disagree, where's the point in leashing them together, like a couple of growling dogs?
From The Prodigal Father by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)
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