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strapped

verb

past tense of strap

as in tied

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In southwest Washington, polling has indicated the congressional race may be essentially tied.

— Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Polls showed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and rightist challenger Flávio Bolsonaro were in effect tied ahead of Sunday’s runoff, with the result potentially coming down to which candidate’s supporters stay away from the ballot box.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, spanning New York to Milan, waists were cinched tighter, and shoes got even freakier, as consumers’ bodies and budgets continue to shrink.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
The rest of Lopez’s look included a matching long-sleeve brown top and pencil skirt cinched with a belt.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of cinched

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Milwaukee players bounded out of the dugout to greet Pratt, who debuted in June and became the first rookie to hit an extra-inning homer in the World Series.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The ball bounded high over Bauers and onto the grass in short right field.

— Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

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Rolling around inside my coffin would be a gigantic ball of hair trussed by a Möbius strip of fingernail.

— Esther Yi, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
For the last 15 or so years, celebrities have been, in general, more trussed up, as red carpets have become a heightened economic prospective for stars and designers alike.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of trussed

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The deep-space image reveals a 230-light-year-wide swathe of the glowing emission nebula N159, threaded with denser filaments of reddish molecular hydrogen that hide countless energetic young stars.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Elements of Cubism and Japanese modern art sensibilities were threaded throughout the movement, owing to a thriving cultural exchange between India, Japan, and Europe.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of threaded

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This album is not afraid of its own agonizing lows or tethered to a toe-tapping dance-pop initiative; reveling in this ever-molting freedom, Sivan drops what is easily his finest collection of songs to date.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Carrying one suggested that your business was urgent and your time too valuable to be tethered to a desk.

— Robb Report, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026

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