halters

verb

present tense third-person singular of halter
as in collars

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halters
  1. collars
  2. traps
  3. hooks
  4. bags
  5. nails
  6. corrals
  7. nets
  8. snags
Verb
  • One shop sold starched paper shirt collars still, and the buttons needed to attach them, and arm garters too for the full get up.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The inside of shirt collars traps body oils and soil.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 31 Dec. 2025
Definition of collars
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  • This heat dome traps the smoke from faraway wildfires close to the ground, resulting in hot, humid, hazy, and ultimately unpleasant conditions.
    — Leon Imber, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The heat dome — an atmospheric phenomenon that essentially traps hot air over a particular location — built in the West after the first heat wave of the summer began to bake the area last week.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Ceiling hooks for fishing rods, cargo door for two bikes, spray hose for cleaning gear and heated locker for drying it.
    — Kris Millgate, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • How Many Calories Rucking Burns The calorie math is what hooks many newcomers, particularly men in their 40s trying to recapture lost ground.
    — Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Definition of hooks
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  • Drizzilicious took their already-craveworthy birthday cake mini rice cakes and added a patriotic twist with their America’s 250 Anniversary Edition bags.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 5 June 2026
  • Give your hefty designer bags a break from the sand and swap in this summer-friendly alternative instead.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 3 June 2026
Definition of bags
Verb
  • Below, find the best of the trending, minimalist ’90s nails to see you through summer into fall, and the pictures to show your nail artist.
    — Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 23 July 2026
  • Either way, Ettika nails this jewelry trend with this three-piece layered necklace.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 22 July 2026
Definition of nails
Verb
  • Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • The map accompanying Gallagher’s resolution corrals the state’s population centers — like the Bay Area, San Diego, Los Angeles and Sacramento — into one state.
    — Lauren Chapman, Sacbee.com, 26 May 2026
Definition of corrals
Verb
  • Schwarber’s plate discipline nets him some of those home runs, but that plate discipline is fairly irrelevant in an event where the pitcher is basically lobbing the ball and hoping for a dinger.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 13 July 2026
  • Ismaïla Sarr nets a goal in the 56th minute.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
Definition of nets
Verb
  • However, the key to this marketplace are the live auctions that generate the FOMO feeling that snags more impulse buys.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • Luke Evans snags a quick puppy peck atop the Empire State Building while visiting in partnership with the Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative and the Trevor Project for New York City Pride on June 26.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026
Definition of snags
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