yoke
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Someone has to yoke the memory of Iran’s pre-1979 past to a live possibility of a better future.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
The event involves a deadlift ladder - four deadlift bars in a row – a 136kg shield carry, a 280kg yoke carried across the back, and reps with a 90kg wooden log.
From BBC • Jul. 19, 2025
“Megalopolis” isn’t well-served by synopses that call it a “city poem” or yoke its wild ambitions to ancient Rome’s power struggles or municipal intrigue.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024
That was exactly what the founders sought to avoid, having thrown off the yoke of an all-powerful monarch.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2024
I see one of them has a large raw patch on its shoulder where the yoke has rubbed the skin off.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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