Example Sentences

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He readied a pledge to invest vast amounts in the U.S. and emphasized the U.A.E. had tethered itself to the U.S. on AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

An arbitrator ends the “reserve clause” that had tethered players to one employer for life, triggering the largest salary gains of any group of employees, anywhere—and changing labor practices in all U.S. sports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

For so long, I had tethered my identity to New York, its culture.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2021

Mere weeks ago they broke free of the shells that had tethered them to terra firma, spread their nascent wings and wobbled into the heavens, into endless possibilities, into stationary objects.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2021

In less than a minute, he had tethered all four venti.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan