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harness

[hahr-nis] / ˈhɑr nɪs /
NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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The Pleiadians would then harness spiritual energy from subatomic tachyon particles in order to heal me, performing what Tourtsakis referred to as “surgeries.”

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Bennett says you can harness the power of being different.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Police are also racing to harness the technology, putting on training courses and stocking up on the machines and counter-drone devices such as handheld jammers.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Even in a stroller instead of a harness, people are just as surprised to see her cats out and about.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Brigit wore a strange harness and a stuffed Arcanum satchel, and had a parachute bunched in her arms.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

While labs like OpenAI and Anthropic do offer their own model harnesses for enterprise customers, Pan argues that businesses in regulated sectors like banking and government should build their own to keep their workflows private.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

"We had to jump straight into the water, climb out, put helmets and harnesses on, and start scrambling up the cliff face."

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

That harnesses a network of roughly 200 task forces comprising over 4,000 personnel from federal, state and local agencies.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Several members equipped with climbing harnesses clambered up a small tree on the school’s front lawn and dangled from its limbs on climbing ropes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

When Captain Cook first saw Eskimos and their dogs in Alaska they did not have harnesses.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

A mechanism that allows healthy tissue to recover from devastating damage could potentially be harnessed to improve healing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

From its early days, the store, called JapanLA, harnessed the internet to promote its products, using MySpace to connect with what was at the time a niche community: Los Angeles fans of kawaii culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Winston Churchill harnessed the power of radio, but thought television a vulgar diversion.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Glinting in the night, halfway up a hill in Japan, the greenhouse-like "Ku-An" test lab is lit by electricity harnessed from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and compost.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

With the crowd softened up by Wilkins and aroused by Farmer, the leader of the local protest group now harnessed the enthusiasm in the church and directed it toward a specific goal.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

But since Aug. 9, when they began harnessing the power of Ryonex, every single one of their meme carousels has racked up tens of thousands of likes.

From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2026

His truck, selling hot dogs, empanadas and fried shrimp, runs on rechargeable batteries as part of a city pilot aimed at cutting harmful noise and air pollution by harnessing electric energy.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

The first step toward harnessing the potential of AI is to recognize how much more material is out there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

One example of successfully harnessing a social media audience is Ilona Maher, the US rugby player whose popularity soared during the 2024 Paris Olympics.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

He turned slowly from Amari and finished harnessing the horse to the wagon.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper




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