tethered

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Hailing from a different strain of the Shia faith, the Houthis are less ideologically tethered to Iran and have long enjoyed more independence from Tehran than other proxies in the Middle East.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Although the actor felt tethered to the character while on set, she could easily dissociate at the end of the day.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

That Lincoln maintained his pose while tethered to the jerry-rigged device is remarkable in itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

If American prices are tethered to what the U.K. or Switzerland pays, drugmakers would need to raise prices abroad and lower them in the U.S. to balance things out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

They could talk for a week and not agree about anything, but they were tethered by their devotion to the mountain.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover