tied up
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Renting could give you more flexibility, reduce the amount of your retirement portfolio tied up in a house, and let you test whether you really want to make the move permanent.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
“There’s far more for her to do than get tied up in one county,” Ticktin said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Their professional lives, their personal lives are all tied up in elite law.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
But there was a simple reason why he had to go, Celtics president Brad Stevens said: he and co-star Jayson Tatum would have tied up almost all of Boston’s payroll for the next three years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He was trying not to draw attention to himself as he made his way to where Nathan’s boat was tied up, but then he saw something that stopped him in his tracks.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
Matching piling numbers of calls with tied-up ambulances is putting control centre staff under pressure.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2021
“Hope” wears a vaguely Roman robe and cape, comforting a tied-up boy with absurdly oversized wings, all set in a version of a Renaissance city like Florence.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2019
You can rest assured that Blair Witch will feature the most terrifying bundles of tied-up sticks you'll see this fall.
From The Verge ● Aug. 30, 2016
Reporters elsewhere listened by phone as she described how Roosevelt's refusal to shoot a tied-up Louisiana black bear for a hunt trophy in 1902 inspired teddy bears.
From US News ● Mar. 10, 2016
He reached into his pocket and removed a tied-up handkerchief and held it out.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
