leash

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Recent Examples of leash Dogs are welcome but be leashed and must be cleaned up after. Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 18 Sep. 2025 Some venue welcome leashed dogs both indoors and outdoors and while others partner with animal rescue organizations. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025 Do dogs have to be leashed while on an owner’s property? Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Aug. 2025 The lease allows dogs to be off-leash on 341 acres of land during a time — April 15 to July 15 — when bird-nesting season normally requires dogs to be leashed in wildlife management areas. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leash
Verb
  • Kreider’s second goal of the game, with 51 seconds left, tied the game, and his two goals were his first since signing with Anaheim after playing 13 seasons with the New York Rangers.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Bryton and Jahaira tied the knot in March, and their date of separation is listed as June, three months after the ceremony.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And be prepared to strap into your breezy ripped jeans for the foreseeable.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • All jawline and tawny hair, strapping, like he’s made of marble?
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For a wreath, remove the heads of flowers, then wire them onto a grapevine form.
    Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The separation comes five years after the couple were ensnared in the college admissions scandal, pleading guilty to wire and mail fraud related to paying hundreds of thousands in bribes to get their daughters into the University of Southern California.
    Brie Stimson , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Selection and prices may vary based on your location, but with so many winners to choose from you’re bound to find one of these in your local store.
    Elliott Harrell, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Rader would often stalk his victims, some for months, before binding their arms and legs, then slowly strangling them (with the exception of Bright).
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Karri raised a couple of million pounds in funding last October to develop this model, and put it to good use by roping in legendary agency Pentagram for its industrial design inputs.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2025
  • With two men on and the game tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Duran roped a hard line drive into the right-center gap, which rolled into the triangle between center fielder Oneil Cruz and right fielder Alexander Canario.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Public safety officials have already conducted several water rescues as the storm lashes the East Coast with coastal flooding, strong winds, and heavy rain.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Maduro’s reaction One person not celebrating is Maduro, who on Sunday lashed out at the opposition leader.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Leash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leash. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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