yoke
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It featured a female panther resting its paws on a severed head, and was probably attached to the body of a carriage or wagon or to the yoke, which hitched draught animals to the vehicle.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
Someone has to yoke the memory of Iran’s pre-1979 past to a live possibility of a better future.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
“Megalopolis” isn’t well-served by synopses that call it a “city poem” or yoke its wild ambitions to ancient Rome’s power struggles or municipal intrigue.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024
That was exactly what the founders sought to avoid, having thrown off the yoke of an all-powerful monarch.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024
The yoke of the farm had settled firmly across Jethro’s shoulders; his work in the fields at the proper season was the sole source of food for his parents, for John’s family, and for himself.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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