Example Sentences
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"We had to jump straight into the water, climb out, put helmets and harnesses on, and start scrambling up the cliff face."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
That’s why scientists in Arizona are strapping volunteers into harnesses and lowering them onto wet floors: to find what kinds of surfaces are safest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He’s long advocated for lap belts or safety harnesses on theme park rides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
This limits event risk and harnesses time decay, the term for how options lose value each day closer to expiration.
From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 2026
Little metal was used in our straps and fittings, but the harnesses had buckles of aluminum alloy, too fine to fasten with mittens on, which burned in that cold exactly as if they were red-hot.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
