attachments

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He had childhood attachments and a father who would be an assistant coach on the bench, but he also had options.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

The American Psychological Association released research on adolescents, indicating “that strong attachments to AI-generated characters may contribute to struggles with learning social skills and developing emotional connections.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Over time, as people are uprooted from their agricultural communities as industrialisation tears apart people's familiar attachments, individuals become "alienated", he says.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

By demonstrating that CENP-E regulates the earliest attachments and by connecting this regulation to Aurora kinase activity, the Zagreb team linked two processes previously thought to act separately.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

Another man follows the barbers, carrying a small, battered toolbox full of needles and metal attachments.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper