leash

Example Sentences

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For over a year now, investors have been focusing on the return on Big Tech’s investment, and keeping the AI spenders on a short leash.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

Luckily the works themselves keep slipping this interpretive leash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

It’s a leash — and everyone holding it just realized they’re on the wrong end.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

But the triumph also ensured Sinner kept Alcaraz on a leash.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2025

Hanna, the little one, ran up to me as soon as I entered, tugging at my tzitzis like I was a dog on a leash.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros