leashing

verb

present participle of leash
as in tying
to attach (someone or something) to something else by or as if by means of a line or cord Dogs must be leashed while in the dog park.

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  1. tying
  2. binding
  3. lashing
  4. snarling
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  • On its final drive, Georgia Southern's Blake Ford came up just short of tying it on a 52-yard field goal attempt with 47 seconds remaining.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • On the next play, Bolden sacked Russell and thwarted the Crimson Tide’s chances of kicking a game-tying field goal.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of tying
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  • The binding document has only a few boxes to check and blanks to fill in.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Then, federal mediators would get involved, and binding arbitration could force a contract on a business and its workers.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of binding
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  • These are just two of the many scenes of destruction the hurricane has left in Hawaii after lashing the state’s western islands with heavy rain, widespread flooding and tropical-storm-force winds on Monday and Tuesday.
    — Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • This week’s meeting of G20 finance ministers underscored rising global trade tensions, with several countries, including the US, lashing out at China.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of lashing
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  • Since 2024, the company has made clear its traditional customer base just isn’t all that interested in a car that doesn’t come with a snarling combustion engine.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Starting Saturday evening and continuing into Sunday morning’s high tide, the ocean poured into urban cities up and down the coast, breaking a recent record for flooding in Fort Lauderdale and snarling traffic in both counties.
    — Alex Harris Updated September 27, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of snarling
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“Leashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leashing. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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