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Old 08-Dec-2006, 09:35
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It does not sound natural. Have you got context?
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what does the phrase "at tie" mean?
It looks like the sort of typo I make a times.

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what does the phrase "at tie" mean?
All I can come up with is something in "headline English" (where articles and auxiliary verbs are often omitted).

Congressional probe to look at tie to organized crime.

This would mean to investigate a connection to organized crime.
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