tether

By placing a tether around captive moths and projecting stars on the wall, researchers last year showed how Bogongs used the Milky Way.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

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

“That,” panted Ron, “was close. Well done, car —” The car, however, had reached the end of its tether.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

Grief tethers Supergirl to Ruthye, even though they disagree on how to handle it, and it also seems to repel her from Corenswet’s dopey, innocent Clark Kent.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Since his family is gone, nothing tethers him to his human life.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2025

His approach tethers DNA probes dubbed "Inverse Molecular Sentinels" to the points of star-shaped gold nanoparticles.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024

To support them, he anchors parallel rows of eight- or 10-foot canes into the ground, about eight inches apart within each row, and then tethers the rows together with a bamboo crossbar near the top.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

The tethers of light stretched around Mini, gathering her up and yanking her out of the creature’s throat.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Whatever their subject, the photographer remained tethered to his city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Meir rode the station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm to the worksites, while Adenot remained tethered to the station.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

The original version of Atlas, reliant on heavy hydraulics and tethered to a cable, was unveiled by Boston Dynamics more than a decade ago as part of a U.S. military robotics competition for search-and-rescue operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Speaking to AFP before heading to milk several camels tethered nearby, 49-year-old herder Bolormaa Erdenee said she was sceptical of forums like COP17.

From Barron's

Beck floated in the airlock, tethered to a wall-mounted spool.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

"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

But by tethering interpretation to statutory text and congressional intent while applying it to the real-world cases of an ever-evolving society, the new regime curbs the unintended consequences of law’s diverging from reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

It may now be tethering on the edge of a bigger drop.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026

Panahi has a knack for tethering simple narratives to larger political and social issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

He set the hawk on the top slat of the fence in front of the church, tethering the bird with its leather leg straps so it wouldn’t fly away.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack