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
  • The researchers analyzed data from 503 camera traps and 59 GPS collars tracking pumas’ presence in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula between 2020 and 2025.
    — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of collars
Verb
  • When a frozen body appears, and a snowstorm traps everyone inside, the deaths begin to mount.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2026
  • These microbes formed biopolymers that soaked the sand, creating a mesh that traps nearby particles.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Chrysalis hooks its clients up with social services and teaches them how to write a resume, navigate online job listings and handle an interview.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Right before guests arrive, attach fishing line to the wire cage and hang the fall flower arrangement using cup hooks indoors or on nearby branches outside.
    — Maria Sabella, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hooks
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  • Pieces spotlighted in the campaign imagery include the Starlet, Gucci duffel and GG Marmont bags, along with the Paparazzo in supple suede calfskin.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Sierra closed his eyes when Rifkin brought the evidence bags up to his attorneys.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of bags
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  • Soldier, that nails the current plight of the modern American military outfit.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
  • This shot nails the mural’s vibrant colors and crisp wood-grain details, but upon close inspection, there's some noise and softening on the edges.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of nails
Verb
  • But the more underrated value lies in the harness that corrals that intelligence to achieve specific business outcomes.
    — Don Schuerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of corrals
Verb
  • Topping off the buds for 10 minutes nets you about two hours of playback time, which is nice.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Wideout Cam Coleman has been good when called upon, but 17 catches in five games nets him a C, given his enormous price tag.
    — Sports Columnist, Austin American Statesman, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of nets
Verb
  • Some Arizona executions had snags When Strada was in Arizona, that state in 2022 resumed executions after a nearly eight-year break, following criticism about an execution that took about two hours as well as difficulties obtaining certain drugs.
    — Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In the book, when Hig tries to land there, a trip wire almost snags the Cessna and pulls them down to their deaths in a crash.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of snags
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