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is tying

  • present progressive of tie (3rd person singular).

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A pillar of this approach is tying promotions to office attendance, says human-resources consultant Jaye Johnson.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 30, 2025

And there was also the fictionalized versions of my dad's story and so I can relate to Gypsy feeling like everybody is tying their narrative of something deeply personal about yourself.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2024

Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old billionaire media mogul behind Fox News and News Corp., is tying the knot again.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2023

The attempt to compel Trump’s testimony comes as the committee is tying together multiple investigative threads and compiling its final report.

From Seattle Times Oct. 14, 2022

A slow song comes on and I think the long rope of intestines inside me is tying up into one huge knot.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée