tether
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The findings, published in Current Biology, suggest that the spiral forms as the embryo's body rapidly lengthens while its gut acts as a tether.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
I wanted a little culinary tether, some proof of belonging, the opportunity to say, “Oh, yeah, I know a place, too.”
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
There’s just this beautiful, invisible tether that has always existed and will always exist between the two of them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
They have sleeping bags that tether to the wall to keep them from floating around the capsule.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
The balloon, named Chicago, was filled with 100,000 cubic feet of hydrogen and controlled by a tether connected to a winch.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
I’ve seen people use fanny packs with tethers inside to further secure phones and also phone lanyards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026
While these tethers naturally want to curl up on themselves, they are held straight by a segment of DNA that is tailored to bind with the target microRNA being tested for.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
Maybe best of all, a garden tethers us to others — friends and strangers alike — who tend their plots with equal fervor.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
The actors required harnesses and tethers attached to a gantry.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2024
Minya’s will was reasserted, the tethers once more drawn taut, but they all felt, to a one, a gasp of freedom too fleeing to exploit.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Due to his ageing fabric, he now usually appears tethered rather than taking to the skies.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
They can wind up with a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease like emphysema, tethered to oxygen as their health declines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
"People are moving away from the traditional mindset that certain jobs must be tethered to a specific gender," Chen Ning, the 27-year-old founder, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The imagination, as Lazlo had previously noted, is tethered in some measure to the known, and they were both sadly ignorant in matters of cake.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
As a result, more companies are changing their business models, raising gobs of cash and tethering their fortunes to the fate of AI behemoths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
It may now be tethering on the edge of a bigger drop.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 29, 2026
Panahi has a knack for tethering simple narratives to larger political and social issues.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Without VAP to anchor the mitochondria by tethering it to the actin cytoskeleton, the mitochondria drifted away from synapses over time.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
Finally, I resolved the problem by driving an oar, handle first, deep into the algae and tethering the boat to it.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
Vocabulary lists containing tether
The Cay
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 19–24
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"Hitching a Ride"
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