tie
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If clearance is received by the Ifab in time, the first game to feature the trial will be the Carabao Cup preliminary round tie between Tranmere and Rochdale on Saturday, 1 August.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
That said, he did swap his trademark dark T-Shirt and jacket for a suit and tie, although he has maintained his regular output of casual, selfie-led videos on his social media channels.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
He conceded, but not without adding a colorful tie, hand-painted by Nobel laureate Wally Gilbert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Molly, 32, wore a white short-sleeved mini dress with a matching pillbox hat and netted veil for the occassion, while Tom, 26, wore a black suit and tie.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
I loosely tie the orange handles together, run outside, and hide the bag in Aunt Melissa’s shrubs.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Andrea Pirlo has said he is no longer a candidate to coach the Italian national side following days of controversy over his ties to a Russian betting company.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Eston cut off ties with his whole family,” Dorothy said.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
In between trading impromptu quips, Martin and Lewis overturned tables, cut ties, sheared suits and spritzed seltzer on one and all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Lawyers investigating the Gates Foundation’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein didn’t have access to Bill Gates’s personal communications or review interactions with the billionaire’s private office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
She plays Christmas music, and the guys who are waiting for visitors get all dressed up in suits and ties and sit on the bench by the entryway.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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To date, the scandal has seen just one sitting politician arrested on charges tied to the scandal.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
With ships being tied up for weeks, longer voyages also push up freight and war-risk insurance rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Everything in Māori culture is tied to Papatūānuku, Mother Earth, especially its food.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
Their brains activated the later microglial program, but this response occurred largely without being tied to tau accumulation.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Rowdy never did like to be tied up and right away he started whimpering and whining.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Cher and Sonny were together for more than a decade, tying the knot in an unofficial ceremony in 1964, when she was just 17, before legally marrying in 1969.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
Anthropic and Advanced Micro Devices have signed a major new deal tying the artificial-intelligence leaders closer together from both a business perspective and a financial perspective.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
More recently, Schwartzman said, “I was at my mom’s house tying my shoe, and I see a cassette tape on the ground titled ‘Rushmore songs’.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
I struggle to my feet, tying the dressing gown.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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