tie
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"The frustrating thing is that for an hour it was a really good FA Cup tie, it had everything," said Bower.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
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
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
Manchester United came from two goals down to beat Roma in a dramatic Champions League tie on Tuesday to give manager Michael Carrick a much-needed boost as he fights to save his job.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
She was snapping his overalls, and in a minute she would put his sneakers on him, and tie them, which meant that her hands would be moving.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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An email in the DOJ files, from Fuller to Epstein, makes clear the close ties between the agency and the financier.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
By later that year, authorities in several countries had grown concerned about Megaspeed’s ties to China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Nvidia had previously said that his interactions with her were "not unusual or unexpected" given their business ties.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Brand also told jurors of the personal toll of the high-profile rape and sexual assault allegations, claiming friends and collaborators cut ties and that no one with relevant evidence wanted to testify on his behalf.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
We don’t have to dress all fancy this time, but I wear one of Daddy’s ties anyway.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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Anthropic will seek a valuation of around $1.33 trillion in its initial public offering, forging ahead with its stock-market debut despite recent market volatility tied to artificial-intelligence investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Again and again, Hegseth tied his fate to that of the president.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Passive exchange-traded funds owned about $32 billion of SpaceX shares at the end of October, $20 billion of which was tied to funds benchmarked to the Nasdaq-100.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
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
She was short, pushing five feet if she were lucky, but looked strong with working hands and black hair tied back into a braid, a hairnet covering the top of her head.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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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
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
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes reached 100 regular-season wins in his 131st start, tying Tom Brady's record.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Somkit and Pong hopped out and began tying up the boat.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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