tie, tied
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It was Kirby’s 14th quality start of the season, which is the most in the American League and tie tied with Marcos Stroman of the Cubs for the most in MLB.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023
Recently, when he was dressing for the Gridiron Club dinner, he found to his horror that neither he nor his wife could get his white tie tied properly.
From Time Magazine Archive
In London, a hotel guest complained of being asked to lie down to have his white tie tied.
From Time Magazine Archive
I was amused at his gala dress for royalty: a much-too-big redingote, a white tie tied a good deal to one side, and only one wig.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)
It's not bad, I think, with one's tie tied this way.
From Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)
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