attach
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The reason I’m in land is simple: You can’t attach a new data center to the grid anymore.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Biofilms are groups of bacteria that attach themselves to surfaces, including the inner walls of water pipes.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism all attach moral significance to voluntary self-denial.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Mikko offered a hypothetical: a manufacturer, he said, could ship a car to Finland without its side mirrors and attach them locally, just enough to make it seem assembled there and dodge the tariff.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Her appearance always acted as a damper to the curiosity raised by her oral oddities: hard-featured and staid, she had no point to which interest could attach.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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But he now attaches a condition to that advice.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
It then attaches to c met receptors on satellite cells, the stem cells responsible for maintaining and repairing skeletal muscle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
Roberts described the injury as “discomfort” at the back of Ohtani’s knee, around where the hamstring attaches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
I won’t spoil the reason Daphne’s mother divorced Eddie except to say that it attaches no blame to either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Maria was the first to document the life stages of this unusual amphibian, which attaches its eggs to its back.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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“It’s easy to get attached to someone when you’re fundamentally not compatible.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
On summer weekends, thousands show up in Guerneville with kayaks, canoes, inner tubes — just about anything that will float, preferably with a cooler attached.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The new WXV Global Series doesn't have a table or a trophy attached to it - it is just Test matches.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The names attached to it read like a “60 Minutes” reunion special.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
For another thing, its long yellow beak seemed to be attached to its head by a string that tied into a bow at the back.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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Blossom said she had been searching for Fargo's owners, attaching a paper collar to him.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Aggarwal tried to integrate AI, but said it felt like attaching an engine onto a horse-drawn carriage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
For most of his career, he found his relevance by attaching himself to those who were.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The researchers modified DHI by attaching alkyl chains to its sp³ carbon atoms -- which have four bonds pointing in fixed 3D directions.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Emma was in the humour to value simplicity and modesty to the utmost; and all that was amiable, all that ought to be attaching, seemed on Harriet’s side, not her own.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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