attach
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In this process, cells attach molecular tags to the protein and send it to the proteasome, the cellular machinery responsible for breaking down unwanted proteins.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
“When you attach multiple boxes, you create a physical gap between the speakers,” Vaissié explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
He added that they had been able to give him water and attach him to an intravenous drip.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
What’s needed is for the right materials to be found which can withstand the environment and do the lifting and attach to the satellite that pulls the elevator up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026
“Yes, but it would be nice to attach names to faces.”
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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Doctors suspected she had a potentially fatal pregnancy complication called placenta percreta, where the placenta attaches itself and grows through the uterus.
From BBC ● Jun. 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
“It is not coincidental that Poland, which shares a border with Russia and attaches high value to its membership in NATO, has been one of the largest gold buyers,” Eichengreen says.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
He then attaches a pair of gloves to a fan, and the hands, now autonomous, proceed to “play” the improvised teapot instrument.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
In reduced circumstances the desire to live attaches itself to strange objects.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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They fear that any strings attached to the public money will make many private schools balk at taking it.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The mobile number was then put through police intelligence databases, which revealed a single piece of intelligence dating back to 2018, linked to that number, but with no name attached.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
European banks may not receive quite the same impetus from mega IPOs and the AI capex bonanza as their U.S. counterparts but this is reflected in the significantly lower valuations attached to them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
Law-student-turned-coxswain Maisie Dixon held a chain attached to the bank, a system devised to space out crews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
There was a rolling ladder attached to the bookshelf, and Danny wanted to ask if he could slide around on it the way Belle did in Beauty and the Beast.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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For most of his career, he found his relevance by attaching himself to those who were.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
The research team noticed that the section of tau responsible for attaching to microtubules closely resembles a-beta in both size and structure.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
At a Karur textile factory, busy with workers attaching labels to caps and ironing cloth bags, AFP saw eight people wearing head cameras and smart glasses supplied by Objectways.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
“I started with Vecna by physically feeling this character, finding the voice, using the references and attaching all of that into the emotion and the drive behind him,” Bower says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Laney had discovered a box of flower clips under Isa’s bed and was attaching each one to her ponytail.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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