halters

verb

present tense third-person singular of halter
as in collars

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for halters
  1. collars
  2. traps
  3. hooks
  4. bags
  5. nails
  6. corrals
  7. nets
  8. snags
Verb
  • The researchers analyzed data from 503 camera traps and 59 GPS collars tracking pumas’ presence in Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula between 2020 and 2025.
    — Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
  • One shop sold starched paper shirt collars still, and the buttons needed to attach them, and arm garters too for the full get up.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of collars
Verb
  • After all there’s nothing very funny about an incurable disease that traps you inside your body.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Harming any of these beings results in negative karma, which further traps souls in samsara.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of traps
Verb
  • Right before guests arrive, attach fishing line to the wire cage and hang the fall flower arrangement using cup hooks indoors or on nearby branches outside.
    — Maria Sabella, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Blatt hooks in a forehand for another match point opportunity, but Campbell wins an amazing rally for 22-22.
    — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of hooks
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  • Sierra closed his eyes when Rifkin brought the evidence bags up to his attorneys.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Beabadoobee bags her first chart crown in Australia as Pylon (via Dirty Hit/Inertia) debuts in the top spot.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of bags
Verb
  • Anderson’s collaboration with this gifted young man nails the one thing that every great concert movie tries gift to those who could not be there for the original moment.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The film’s most heartbreaking scene sees Davidson’s character singing to his daughter over the phone before a deadly shootout ensues, and the actor nails it.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of nails
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  • But the more underrated value lies in the harness that corrals that intelligence to achieve specific business outcomes.
    — Don Schuerman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
Definition of corrals
Verb
  • Owen Michaels nets his second goal Michaels scored his second career NHL goal on his second shot.
    — Janson Duench, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Apple's $1,699 starter model nets you a base-level M5 Pro processor (with a 15-core CPU and a 16-core GPU), 24GB of unified memory, and a 512GB solid-state drive.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of nets
Verb
  • Some Arizona executions had snags When Strada was in Arizona, that state in 2022 resumed executions after a nearly eight-year break, following criticism about an execution that took about two hours as well as difficulties obtaining certain drugs.
    — Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026
  • In the book, when Hig tries to land there, a trip wire almost snags the Cessna and pulls them down to their deaths in a crash.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of snags
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“Halters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/halters. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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