ties up
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Paying off the mortgage also ties up $300,000 in home equity.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026
The extra distance raises freight and insurance costs, ties up ships and can delay deliveries by weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Prison officer John Sneddon is part of the team at Barlinnie's Link Centre that ties up the loose ends prisoners leave behind on the outside.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2025
It’s a problem for law enforcement agencies around Virginia, one that advocates, attorneys and leaders like Clair say ties up policing resources and contributes to poor patient outcomes.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
The owner simply ties up after sunset, and as soon as dawn appears he quietly slips the rope, and off the raft glides, while the passenger is still sweetly slumbering, unconscious of any movement.
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith
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