tightly
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The paperwork offers the most detailed look yet at the AI giant’s gigantic ambitions, eye-popping finances and tightly controlled structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
With his lanky frame, unruly hair and sad, deep-set eyes, Turturro, 69, often inhabits twitchy, tightly wound characters, though he can also recede into stillness, conveying buried hurt and pain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
There has been no reconstruction and little recovery, with Israel tightly controlling the entry of goods through crossings.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Made up of tightly connected cells surrounding the brain's blood vessels, it carefully regulates which substances can enter brain tissue while helping maintain conditions necessary for removing potentially harmful waste.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
I follow him, my arms wrapped tightly around my sketch pad.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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