tether
Example Sentences
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They have sleeping bags that tether to the wall to keep them from floating around the capsule.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
She said she had been at the end of her tether, feeling dizzy and her headlight had gone out.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Crunch, as a sensation, sometimes works like a gentle tether back to appetite.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026
Like most popular stablecoins, tether maintains a one-to-one peg to the U.S. dollar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
Reluctantly, Shackleton agreed, although he refused to release the tether that kept the Wills with the Caird.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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