tie
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In a speech made after he was confirmed as the new Labour leader this week, Burnham - wearing a suit and tie - could not resist bringing up his clothes again.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
However, the American was dumped down to a tie for fifth at five under after being handed the penalty.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
It meant 17-year-old Marcus Rashford, not Keane, was on the bench for the Europa League tie against Midtjylland three days later when Anthony Martial was injured in the warm-up and had to pull out.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“I have such an emotional tie to ‘Off Campus’ as a series that seeing them in real life is actually insane.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
But the surprise of the morning is that there’s a tie for first: Michelle’s artwork and mine.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
"We've all got little emotional ties to each song," they told BBC News.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The incoming PM will have to weigh his approach to the issue with the economic benefits of ties with the world's second largest economy.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
A Pakistani security source told AFP that defence ties continued.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The artist’s eponymous 2025 sculpture, crowned with an array of Bantu knots, ties the entire show together, joining materiality, traditional cultural identity, and the outward-looking nature of the exhibition in a single work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The ties between guest and host were strong.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
The targets in Kuwait were tied to the Al-Adiri camp and Ali Al-Salem base.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Meta expects to spend between $125 billion and $145 billion on capital expenditures this year, much of it tied to AI data center expansion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
I don’t want to be tied to a house I don’t want just because it’s technically free.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
But naturally, two-way star Shohei Ohtani’s health is tied up in the answers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
With an odd sense of giving up an unwelcome burden, Torak handed her the ravenskin pouch, and she tied it to her belt.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Adeel Khan, 32, and Imran Chowdhury, 26, have pleaded not guilty to helping former soldier Khalife escape from HMP Wandsworth by tying himself to the bottom of a delivery truck in September 2023.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
After Ohtani hit his 21st homer of the season, Andy Pages hit a tying 419-foot blast to left-center for his 17th homer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
Should his strike rate hold and Argentina reach the final or the third-place game, he would be projected to score five more goals, tying Fontaine with 13.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Lionel Messi’s tying goal in the 83rd minute extended his World Cup scoring streak to nine games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
And instead of tying me up in knots, the magic would bring us together.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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