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harness

[hahr-nis] / ˈhɑr nɪs /
NOUN
gear for controlling an animal
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This is the same Jimmy Chin who later filmed Alex Honnold as he climbed El Capitan in Yosemite without ropes or harness in “Free Solo,” which won the 2019 Oscar for Best Documentary.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"Great effort went into straightening rivers to harness them for our use, but also into enabling agriculture by draining the wetlands."

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

"Our vision is to provide green, sustainable tools that will allow us to harness these plants' natural power," Hamberger said.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 2026

There is clearly talent there and it is now up to him to show it, and for Emery to harness it.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Mama had told her to make sure the harness was secure, twice.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The technology harnesses that pressure to push seawater through reverse-osmosis membranes.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

The couple began by trying different harnesses and getting Roo used to it in the house before introducing a travel backpack Roo could use if she needed a safe space while out and about.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2026

The nonprofit regularly tests harnesses and carriers and lists the safest ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 25, 2026

A swarm of tourists craned their necks to see the instalment of the cross's upper arm, visible amid the scaffolding and workers who put finishing touches from their harnesses.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

The stores had a countrified look; there were harnesses and sacks of feed in half of the display windows.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Glinting in the night, halfway up a hill in Japan, the greenhouse-like "Ku-An" test lab is lit by electricity harnessed from 1,500 wooden boxes of soil and compost.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

But it eventually harnessed that aggression and also got more headlines right, pulling way ahead to $3.2 million by round 11.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Which food molecules could be harnessed to develop new drugs, or new foods?

From Science Daily Jun. 17, 2026

We’re just living in a time where our leaders have not harnessed that goodness.

From Salon Jun. 15, 2026

It was while we were looking for a safe place to settle down that we saw it: A lame donkey harnessed to a dilapidated old wagon was making its way down the road toward us.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

For those developing AI tools which are designed to take actions on a person's behalf, there is a careful balance to be struck between harnessing their benefits and exposing their risks.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

His truck, selling hot dogs, empanadas and fried shrimp, runs on rechargeable batteries as part of a city pilot aimed at cutting harmful noise and air pollution by harnessing electric energy.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

One example of successfully harnessing a social media audience is Ilona Maher, the US rugby player whose popularity soared during the 2024 Paris Olympics.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

In March, Mayor Karen Bass announced a plan to repair and replace up to 60,000 streetlights by harnessing solar power technology, so they’d no longer be reliant on the copper wire that keeps getting stolen.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

As he talked, he was harnessing the donkey.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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