tethered
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Nvidia has benefited from making itself a central part of the AI ecosystem, but that means that the company has tethered its own financial performance to that of its partners and customers.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Alongside covering roads in huge nets to stop drone attacks, both Russia and Ukraine have fired thousands of tethered fibre-optic attack drones -- with the webs of discarded cables stretching for dozens of kilometres.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Sounding like Lady Gaga fronting Evanesence, she performs it while tethered to her guitarists with giant neon ropes.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
I can still have my phone beside me for the useful things it provides—texting a friend, or checking the weather—but I’m no longer tethered to its addictive endless scroll.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026
Two goats and a sheep lay tethered near the prow, next to a couple of bicycles lying on their sides.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Far from the Tree
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