Ties

Psychologists and sociologists call these sorts of connections “weak ties” or “peripheral ties,” in contrast to close ties to family members and intimate friends.

Spikes in wooden ties can loosen over time, but split and rotten ties may be individually replaced with new wooden ties or concrete substitutes.

Countries that have diplomatic relations with China are not allowed to maintain official ties with Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory with no right to state-to-state ties.

Ties were broken by Metascore and further ties were broken by votes.

Granovetter wrote that weak ties between people have a “cohesive power” that strong ties lack.

India, which has traditionally had close economic and defence ties with Moscow, has publicly criticised the deaths of innocent people in the war, but it has also strengthened its economic ties with Moscow.

Since Mongolia’s democratization in the 1990s, ties have remained strong; presidential-level visits between Ulaanbaatar and Moscow have often led to a major upgrade in bilateral ties.

The complex global dynamics at play-Russia’s deep-rooted ties with India, the West’s desire to weaken those ties, and the broader geopolitical implications of the Ukraine war-create a difficult balancing act for New Delhi.

There is also a lot of deliberate misinformation being shared to gain political mileage, accusing me of having ties to political parties when I have no such ties.

The top 12 and ties from last year's Masters are invited to return, as are the top four and ties from the other three majors in 2022.

This move will positively impact the countries’ effort to grow their ties, most importantly, people-to-people ties.

While economic ties alone may not normalise political relations, they can provide a critical anchor during times of upheaval and reduce the risk of a complete breakdown in bilateral ties.

For example, the store pre-pandemic sold a lot of ties, but he found a way to transform an out-of-favor product — men’s ties — into an item that fits the times.

Meanwhile, China, which claims Taiwan as a part of its territory, has said that US must end Taiwan ties to avoid damage to Washington-Beijing ties.

The reusable toilet paper comes out of the same factory where political prisoners make The Donald Brand ties, the only ties so long you can use them as turbans or Mummy rags.

The UAE has been more reluctant to patch up its ties with Qatar, however, preferring to focus on building its nascent ties with Israel while carefully avoiding any escalation with Iran, diplomats and analysts said.

The witness followed and used zip ties to detain the suspect until police arrived and swapped the zip ties for handcuffs.

He drugs them, ties them up, and later kills them with those same ties.

India has maintained a strategic balance in its ties with the Middle East, especially between the three major poles of power — Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia, through Modi’s outreach to strengthen ties with these nations.

Mr Khashoggi's killing has severely strained ties between Turkey and Saudi Arabia, although Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has good ties with the Saudi monarch, King Salman.