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Learning how to put on a helmet and how to fasten shoulder pads became his biggest challenge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Thirty-three involved a long straw design and 21 were pillow bottle-holders designed to fasten around a baby's neck.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

The implied exhortation is that readers should fasten their seatbelts for a rare old ride.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

At designer Rowen Rose, a large orange stone was used to fasten a green or yellow scarf to a matching sweater.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

So I pull him over to a pine tree, take the belt off my jeans, loop it through the raggedy old collar Shiloh’s wearing, and fasten the belt to the tree.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

David Raya fastens his gloves and breathes out.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Later he fastens his attentions on an unthreatening neighbor and his daughter, who has a crush on Frank.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Arciga fastens the headset over his black beanie and enables “Do Not Disturb” on his iPhone, before fastening the phone to his head to record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

As a song—“Just a Little Bit of Light”—plays, he lifts a large menorah from his car, fastens it onto the roof, lights it, and dances beside it, out in the street.

From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025

All I can hear is the scrape of Hannah’s broom and the taps of Lena’s rubber hammer as she fastens the lids in place.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

On long red ribbons fastened to a metal structure around a tree trunk, people wrote wishes for success at work or school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the noise will keep bears away, while signs warn people to be on guard.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025

But the bay vacated by the ice shelf was eventually filled with sea-ice "fastened" to the seabed, helping to partly stabilise Hektoria.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

Her bathroom became a toilet she fastened on top of her septic tank outside and exposed for her neighbors to see — had any of them come back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

François fastened upon him an arrangement of straps and buckles.

From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London

Visitors also encountered the phonograph and early mechanical fastening devices that foreshadowed later developments in clothing closures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026

Arciga fastens the headset over his black beanie and enables “Do Not Disturb” on his iPhone, before fastening the phone to his head to record.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

Soon, the railings of the bridge were so crammed that new locks could only be attached by fastening them to the existing ones.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024

“Incorrect shelf fastening can cause damage to both the bookcase and the contents on display, creating a potential safety risk for yourself and your loved ones,” he says.

From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024

I had been promoted from gluing on the bristles to fastening the wooden halves of a brush together with brads.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson