tie up
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The states and Paramount will collide in court again on Aug. 3, when the judge takes up the expected motion for a preliminary injunction — which could tie up the deal for months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Nunez dismissed the idea, saying it would "tie up almost half of the security deployment".
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Given the way the world economy is going right now, though, you may not want to tie up cash for that long, because rates are in flux.
From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026
Back-to-back wins mean it looks increasingly likely Leeds will avoid the drop, so boss Daniel Farke will have to tie up a few loose ends with his goalkeepers.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
But first I have to tie up loose ends.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
The historic $110 billion Hollywood tie-up comes as a powerful selloff in long-dated Treasurys has gripped financial markets, pushing up benchmark yields to their highest levels since 2002.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Moody’s said in a statement the tie-up “will be strategically transformative, materially enhancing scale, revenue diversification and margins.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
The announcement is the latest tie-up between the automobile and defence sectors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
The investor is to sell its remaining stake in Delivery Hero to Uber as part of the planned tie-up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Wouldn’t the two men have tied their boats together? Wouldn’t you have the mutual consent necessary—an emergency situation, even if feigned—for a successful tie-up at sea? Wouldn’t you, Mr. Gillanders?”
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Such tie-ups typically involve taking a business private or spinning off noncore assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The tie-ups were unveiled after CEO Jensen Huang spent the weekend eating barbecue in Seoul with the country's tech leaders and appearing on a popular TV show.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
Yet so far there haven’t been the kind of big tie-ups seen in years past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
US artificial intelligence chip titan Nvidia unveiled tie-ups with Indian computing firms on Wednesday as tech companies rushed to announce deals and investments at a global AI conference in New Delhi.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
That afternoon, when Mr. Zuckerman went to milk the cows and clean out the tie-ups, he was still thinking about what a wondrous pig he owned.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
