tied in

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And he was tied in the state party poll with a billionaire who dumped an additional $12.1 million of his own money into his campaign last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

While politics and faith are always closely tied in this flashpoint city, for some Muslims the inability to access Al-Aqsa this year was felt as a deep personal loss.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Royce Mendes, head of macro strategy at Desjardins Capital Markets, said Macklem is signaling that his hands are tied in addressing the current state of economic trepidation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

“The rich must not ignore the poor,” he argued in his Nobel Peace Prize lecture, “because both rich and poor are tied in a single garment of destiny.”

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

"And it came up to the front"—she showed on herself—"and here it was tied in a—" She held up her fingers and made the sign for zero.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez