fastened

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Before Standard Oil became “the most gigantic, the most cruel, impudent, pitiless, and grasping monopoly which ever fastened upon a community,” it was a start-up.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

After the walk-around inspection, I fastened my chin strap and hoisted myself into the bare-carbon cockpit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

But it might mean more time sitting down, with the seat-belt fastened.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

But I made it and fastened my seat belt.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

My fingers had fastened on her hand which lay outside the sheet: had she pressed mine kindly, I should at that moment have experienced true pleasure.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë