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tether

noun as in fastening

verb as in fasten

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Fans assumed that The Fate of Ophelia would tether Swift Shakespeare's story of a noblewoman who drowns in a fit of mania after being driven mad by grief.

From BBC

I am absolutely convinced that we need to tether paid family leave and child care together tightly.

Since his family is gone, nothing tethers him to his human life.

From Salon

But my home life as a child was more loving and supportive, so I had to do some creative work to find that tether to Bruce.

Even as his own dreams are beginning to materialize, Tonatiuh, 30, remains tethered to these places and people.

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

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