as in to tie
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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Recent Examples of leash
As economists often point out, this type of support can promote overconsumption in a very tight market and leash governments to ever-growing levels of debt.
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Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
And amenities assesses the availability of seven popular park features — basketball hoops; off-leash dog parks; playgrounds; splashpads and other water-play structures; sports fields; recreation and senior centers; and restrooms.
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Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
20 May 2026
For those who want to bring their furry friends along, head to Bonita Beach Dog Park, a dog-friendly, off-leash tidal flat where pups can roam freely and frolic in the shallow waters.
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Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
Dogs are allowed off-leash with conscientious owners.
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Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2026
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Scott Montgomery,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
And amenities assesses the availability of seven popular park features — basketball hoops; off-leash dog parks; playgrounds; splashpads and other water-play structures; sports fields; recreation and senior centers; and restrooms.
—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
20 May 2026
For those who want to bring their furry friends along, head to Bonita Beach Dog Park, a dog-friendly, off-leash tidal flat where pups can roam freely and frolic in the shallow waters.
—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
Dogs are allowed off-leash with conscientious owners.
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Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Apr. 2026
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Competing in his third World Cup, Kane had tied Lineker’s decades-old record last week with two goals in England’s 4-2 win over Croatia to open the 2026 tournament.
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Bravo, the diaspora director at the foreign ministry, told CNN that the Peruvian government’s hands are tied.
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Grey has been pegged as the future of NXT and giving her the title would certainly strap a rocket to her back.
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Companies run teleoperation farms where people strap into VR rigs and exoskeletons and pilot robots through the same dull tasks over and over, logging every motion as training data.
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The Colorado Avalanche entered the Western Conference final with an aura of near invincibility after leading the NHL wire to wire, and cruising through the first two rounds in just nine games.
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That hormones shape our moods and feelings, wire our brains and guide numerous, diverse processes throughout the body means that the practice of endocrinology is not based around any particular organ.
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Its binding values of labor and community remain relevant, even if today’s Hollywood rarely speaks to them.
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Against a multi-million-dollar realization gap that compounds across years, the investment in capability is rarely the binding constraint.
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Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.
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Some of those startups started in the San Francisco Bay area, where AI dating apps are hosting parties, speed dating, coffee meet-ups and other in-person events to rope people into using their new service.
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Sydney briefly, and understandably, succumbed to the impulse to lash out, something that Carmy has done on more than one occasion while acting as head chef.
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Continue reading … SEISMIC SUPPORT — AOC lashes out at Trump for 'betrayal' of voters after key SCOTUS immigration ruling.
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“Leash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leash. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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