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

There’s just this beautiful, invisible tether that has always existed and will always exist between the two of them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Unlike Meta's Ray-Ban and Oakley models, the glasses function without needing a "tether" to a smartphone.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

I thought this would tether the pig, but I'd underestimated the momentum of a thirty-ton sow in flight.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

But the way it tethers its bruised healers to the human condition’s laws of gravity is potent medicine for coping.

From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026

“Sometimes I have to try really hard to find at least one thing that tethers a character to me,” Richardson says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2026

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

Maybe best of all, a garden tethers us to others — friends and strangers alike — who tend their plots with equal fervor.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

I made a joke that we could get one of those dog tethers from her leg to the couch, but my mom didn’t find that amusing.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

In South Bank, we see a group of teenagers tend three ponies tethered on the grass.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

As for Mr. Boorman, who was wearing such protection, he says he later discovered that it wasn’t tethered to anything.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Like a tethered goat, so far and no farther.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

"So they detach the slow-growing gut, which is now tethering the lengthening body. The body buckles and twists into coiling," Miyashita explains.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Carney, on the sidelines, was pitching his ideas of tethering Canada closer to Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

The orphanage was the last bit of twine tethering her to New York City, and now it was gone.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older