tie

the sacred ties of friendship or of duty

Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.

It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.

I thought José was still a point down. I thought he needed another takedown to tie and pull ahead, so I ordered José to let his man up. I looked up too late, realizing that José already scored a tie. By that point, the New Jersey champion got his ...

The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.

[H]e ordered his boarders and apartments to be dished out for the occasion, spared no pains in adorning his own person, and in particular employed a whole hour in adjusting a voluminous tye, in which he proposed to make his appearance.