leash
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“There’s conveniently an aperture for the leash to come out,” she added of the poncho.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
“You are dealing with imperfect information. So the mindset is to take down the exposure if it is the beginning of the end. We have a short leash on these stocks,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
We passed a caged dog and saw a puppy on a short leash being loaded into a vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
She added there had been "no safety briefing" beforehand, none of the participants had the right type of leash for their boards in these conditions and Lloyd did not have any next of kin details.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Glory could barely hold on to Orion’s leash as he chased after the arrow.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Rising pet ownership in China has sparked a rush of companies into making items such as dog food, leashes and toys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
He muscled it into the cage elevator, leashes in hand, the machine balanced against his hip like a prize wrested from fate.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025
We can bring the dogs, as long as they’re on leashes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
She added: "The ankle leashes attached to the boards of those stuck in the hydraulic spin, which are totally unsuitable for fast-flowing water, made it even harder for them to get free."
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2025
The vork screamed and strained at their leashes.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
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“My position on the closure is I see it as a loan the city gave us during an emergency pandemic,” said Roche, a car-shop owner who was cradling his leashed Bengal cat, named Cheetah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
According to the woman who witnessed the incident, Gigi was leashed at the time of the attack, Rulon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2024
But because the leashed dog dispatched another, whatever the reason apparently, or perhaps because the guy hired someone like Alina Habba for his attorney, the dog went down.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2024
Many human-bear interactions could be avoided if people took basic precautions, such as not leaving food out, keeping their pets inside or leashed, and storing trash in bear-proof receptacles.
From National Geographic ● Sep. 25, 2023
I am leashed, it looks like, manacled; cobwebbed, that’s closer.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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This includes proper training, identifying problematic behaviours, leashing dogs in public and microchipping pets.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
I would feel differently, if say, you were in a public park that required leashing and the dog that attacked Lulu was off-leash.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2023
The agency recommends making noise and leashing pets while hiking in bear territory.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
Last week, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez sponsored the "Responsible Dog Ownership Act," which would create stronger laws related to the leashing and fencing of dogs.
From Fox News ● Mar. 30, 2021
Two cherubs form the main support, one also supporting the spool and leashing a dragonfly which backs the needle mechanism.
From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Grace Rogers Cooper
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