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harness

[hahr-nis] / ˈhɑr nɪs /
NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

The show’s creator and writer, Peter Harness, working with the directors Michelle MacLaren, Oliver Hirschbiegel and Joseph Cedar, carries off both with aplomb, and maintains a dry tone and an appealing atmosphere of foreboding.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2024

The singer also extended an invitation to Harness and her family to attend one of his upcoming concerts so he could give her a hug and apologize in person.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

Ms Harness said she only learned of the legal action after the ruling, which came days after she was in hospital.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

They have also silver Buckles, but so large that they are fitter for the Harness of Horses than for Shoes.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von




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