Thesaurus / tether
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Later in those same exercises, the grenade, still unexploded in this exercise, flies back for a landing, and the Marine catches it by a tether.
THE US MARINES ARE TESTING FLYING, REMOTE-CONTROLLED GRENADESROB VERGERJULY 13, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEWithout it, the franchise loses some crucial tether to reality.
THE RISE AND RISE AND RISE OF THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISEEMILY VANDERWERFFJUNE 25, 2021VOXThere’s a loose overlay of drivers doing crimes — and breaking up crimes — but they attempt to maintain a vague tether to reality.
THE RISE AND RISE AND RISE OF THE FAST & FURIOUS FRANCHISEEMILY VANDERWERFFJUNE 25, 2021VOXFor kids unable to see friends, options such as messaging apps and video games gave them an essential tether to their old lives.
AFTER PANDEMIC FREE-FOR-ALL, PARENTS STRUGGLE TO REINSTATE SCREEN-TIME RULESHEATHER KELLYJUNE 24, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo I suspect that Xi Jinping will try to maintain a tether on any North Korea initiative so that we don’t drift too far away.
'THIS IS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.' RET. GENERAL VINCENT K. BROOKS ON WHY THINGS MIGHT BE MOVING AGAIN WITH NORTH KOREACHARLIE CAMPBELL / SHANGHAIJUNE 24, 2021TIMEClosing my eyes, I could feel the power of the waves carrying me, at once ancient and almost mystical, as though there was a tether straight through from the bottom of the lake to the inside of my heart.
REVEL IN SOLITUDE AT ALASKA’S LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARKEMILY PENNINGTONJUNE 16, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEPlus, having a few tethers to our reality helps keep viewers oriented in what happened on this version of Earth.
FOR ALL MANKIND’S SEASON 2 FINALE IS THE BEST TV EPISODE OF 2021 SO FAREMILY VANDERWERFFAPRIL 23, 2021VOXIt indicated that things were going very badly indeed; that Laura was at the end of her tether.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIRAnd I have to stand by and see you at the end of your tether, hurt and frightened, and to know that I can do nothing for you.
THE CREATORSMAY SINCLAIRThe arrow-swift horses of a Persian trader slept in one stall; a tall dromedary shook his tether in another.
GOD WILLS IT!WILLIAM STEARNS DAVISWORDS RELATED TO TETHER
- bind
- bottle up
- bound
- chain
- check
- circumscribe
- come down on
- constrict
- contain
- contract
- cool down
- cramp
- curb
- decrease
- define
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- demark
- diminish
- encircle
- enclose
- hamper
- handicap
- hang up
- hem in
- hold back
- hold down
- impede
- inclose
- inhibit
- keep within bounds
- keep within limits
- moderate
- modify
- narrow
- pin down
- prelimit
- put away
- put on ice
- qualify
- reduce
- regulate
- restrain
- send up
- shorten
- shrink
- shut in
- surround
- temper
- tether
- tie
- binds
- binds
- bottles up
- chains
- checks
- circumscribes
- comes down on
- constricts
- contains
- contracts
- cools down
- cramps
- curbs
- decreases
- defines
- delimitates
- delimits
- demarcates
- demarks
- diminishes
- encircles
- encloses
- hampers
- handicaps
- hangs up
- hem in
- holds back
- holds down
- impedes
- incloses
- inhibits
- keeps within bounds
- keeps within limits
- moderates
- modifies
- narrows
- pins down
- prelimits
- puts away
- puts on ice
- qualifies
- reduces
- regulates
- restrains
- sends up
- shortens
- shrinks
- shuts in
- surrounds
- tempers
- tethers
- ties
- abolish
- abort
- achieve
- adjourn
- annul
- bounce
- bound
- bring to an end
- cancel
- cease
- close
- come to an end
- complete
- conclude
- confine
- cut off
- define
- desist
- determine
- discharge
- discontinue
- dismiss
- dissolve
- drop
- eliminate
- end
- expire
- extinguish
- fire
- halt
- issue
- lapse
- limit
- perfect
- prorogate
- prorogue
- put an end to
- recess
- restrict
- result
- run out
- sack
- scratch
- scrub
- tether
- ultimate
- wind down
- wind up
- wrap
- wrap up
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