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

Crunch, as a sensation, sometimes works like a gentle tether back to appetite.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2026

Hilary, however, feels "totally helpless" and at the end of her tether.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

Oil-export payments were settled through direct tether transfers to a certain wallet address or through intermediaries swapping cash proceeds for tether.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

The presumption in those practice sessions was that he'd be rescuing a crewmate whose tether had broken, but the principle was the same.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir