leash

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Verb
  • After a stunning Game 1 blowout followed by a defensive struggle out of the 1990s, the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves playoff series will relocate to the Twin Cities, tied 1-1.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Secondary Trey Amos, Mississippi Amos (6-1, 195) led Ole Miss with 13 passes defended and tied for the team lead with three interceptions.
    Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • But earnest young people with babies strapped to their chests began to move in all around.
    Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Developed by Starner’s team at Georgia Tech, CHAT involves something that looks a little like a Ghostbusters costume: a pack worn on a harness on a diver’s chest recognizes audio while a unit strapped to the forearm plays sounds.
    Melissa Hobson, Scientific American, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Within days of getting the grants, Secure Florida’s Future transferred $3.75 million and Save Our Society from Drugs wired $4.75 million to Keep Florida Clean, the political action committing fighting the proposal to legalize marijuana.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Autism is a difference in neurodevelopment affecting how the brain wires itself throughout infancy and childhood.
    Alison Escalante, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Caffeine boosts energy by blocking a neurotransmitter, called adenosine, from binding to receptors in the brain.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 25 Apr. 2025
  • And even when schools have large endowments, the individual funds that compose them are bound by a wide array of restrictions.
    Todd L. Ely, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Bill has been roped into yet another one of his twin’s grand schemes.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The slimy ne’er-do-well Timo (Steven Yeun), who roped Mickey into the loan-shark snafu and had the same idea to run away into space, can’t stop making under-the-table deals.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Verdugo lashed hard line drives in his first two at-bats with the Braves, off Twins pitcher Chris Paddack.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • A day after his remarks, the president lashed out against the Fed chair.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Leash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leash. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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