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Recent Examples of halter
From wearing a Haider Ackerman halter top at the Venice Film Festival to walking the Oscar’s red carpet in a butter yellow tuxedo, actor Timothée Chalamet has built a reputation on fearless style.
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Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
The Succession star chose a Carolina Herrera halter with a plunging neckline from the designer’s Fall 2025 collection.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
After the wedding ceremony and afternoon reception at Windsor Castle, Meghan changed into Stella McCartney gown featuring an open back and halter neckline for the party at Frogmore House.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Soon, lone dancers joined the couples, swinging in Doc Martens and cowboy boots, muscle Ts and halter tops and jean skirts.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
The Succession star chose a Carolina Herrera halter with a plunging neckline from the designer’s Fall 2025 collection.
—Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
After the wedding ceremony and afternoon reception at Windsor Castle, Meghan changed into Stella McCartney gown featuring an open back and halter neckline for the party at Frogmore House.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Soon, lone dancers joined the couples, swinging in Doc Martens and cowboy boots, muscle Ts and halter tops and jean skirts.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halter
Verb
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Perhaps good writers/speakers could carry lassos, rope the culprits in, and teach them proper English!—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Jan. 2026
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As frigid Cold War conspiracies start unfolding, they’re roped into becoming CIA operatives to help uncover what exactly happened to their partners.—
Lucy Ford,
Time,
27 Dec. 2025
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Several years ago, Los Angeles County authorities collared some coyotes to track their movement within the region, Regis said.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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In February 2025, officials collared 12 wolves — seven female, five male.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Center fielder Trent Grisham failed to glove a seventh-inning RBI single by Francisco Lindor on a hop, allowing Lindor to advance to second base.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
5 July 2025
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With the bases loaded and two out in the seventh, Minnesota missed a chance to blow the game open when Correa’s knock to right held up long enough for Blue Jays outfielder Addison Barger to glove it.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
7 June 2025
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In the 1970s biologists corralled seven remaining wolves and established a breeding program.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The Texas women's basketball coach railed against his team’s inability to corral 50-50 balls.—
Cedric Golden,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
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Consequently, those trapped either faced burning alive by the fire or death by bullets fired from the outside.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Some complained about getting trapped in the same cash-bail system that had ensnared Caldwell.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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The officers were eventually able to safely lasso the deer and guide him back outside, but not before the animal made quite the mess.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Knowing precisely what was happening, her fiancé, former Team Canada Olympian Tyler Nicholson, tried to lasso emotions.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Halter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halter. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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