attachment

“Don’t get too far down a path of attachment with anyone before you think about who you are and what you want,” Bobby says.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The next week, Clark sent Epstein an email with an attachment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

And relationship coaches promise to reveal the hidden signs of emotional unavailability in a partner or the ways to heal anxious attachment.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Part of the issue, he explains, is that initial assumptions around attachment theory have evolved since it was first developed.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Henceforth, attachment to ‘my house’ and separation from the neighbours became the psychological hallmark of a much more self-centred creature.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

In general, they appear to have an idea of history rather than attachments to existing people and institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

I am loath to disclaim the power that comes with symbols such as the flag, words such as freedom, and the attachments that adhere to foundational inheritances such as, yes, the Constitution.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

It also says never to buy a baby sleeping bag with a hood or without armholes, or one with excess material or attachments, and to make sure to buy the right size sleeping bag.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The turn-of-the-century molds in his studio — which use botanic motifs, blossoming forms with metallic winged and floral attachments — look like desk toppers fit for an early 1900s eccentric obsessed with Darwinism and industrialization.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

I wanted to tell the girl that it was all my hair, that there were no attachments, but the words would not come.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie