tether

The findings, published in Current Biology, suggest that the spiral forms as the embryo's body rapidly lengthens while its gut acts as a tether.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

I wanted a little culinary tether, some proof of belonging, the opportunity to say, “Oh, yeah, I know a place, too.”

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

At the film’s aching core is the romantic tether between the boys that refuses to die even in the face of gory attacks, painful betrayals and even uncertainty among the two of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

The drone that led Gauntlet I was Shrike, a first-person-view, or FPV, strike drone using a 12-mile fiber-optic tether.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

Proteins also form the structural components of the cell: filaments of hair, nails, cartilage, or the matrices that trap and tether cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025

The building, which has asymmetrical overhead lighting resembling stars, represents the sky, Govan noted, and Castillo Deball’s artwork tethers the building to the land.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

This new ordinance tethers future minimum wage increases to the rate of inflation.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024

While these tethers naturally want to curl up on themselves, they are held straight by a segment of DNA that is tailored to bind with the target microRNA being tested for.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

A few hot-air balloons pulled at their tethers against the darkening pink sky, their passengers shooting safety fireworks at other balloons and passing parasailers.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

Rodriguez was even more direct, saying, “I think those are all tethered together to make you swallow the poison.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

With rare exception, the camera stays tethered to the vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Due to his ageing fabric, he now usually appears tethered rather than taking to the skies.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

They can wind up with a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease like emphysema, tethered to oxygen as their health declines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

“Not being tethered to tradition allows us to be logical,” he says, and I wonder if he truly believes it.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

When cells lacked this tethering protein, or lacked the specific region that attaches it to the skeleton, they could no longer swallow dead cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

But by tethering interpretation to statutory text and congressional intent while applying it to the real-world cases of an ever-evolving society, the new regime curbs the unintended consequences of law’s diverging from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Colonel Parker, Elvis’s manager, kept his cash cow on a leash, tethering him first to middling B-pictures, then to casinos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

It may now be tethering on the edge of a bigger drop.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026

So they turned aside and spent some hours at the fair, tethering the horses near the gate, giving a penny to a lad for watching them.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli