fasten

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

Valenzuela sensed this, and one day I was carefully navigating around his locker when I felt a rope fasten around my foot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2024

After telling Ms Harris to fasten her seatbelt, Ms Buell said the soon-to-be Democratic nominee quipped, “I was born with a seatbelt.”

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024

Uniformed women with lacquered hair, high heels, and fitted skirts looked down on us, signaled that we should fasten our safety belts, place parcels under the seat in front of us, and sit up.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

The mantle, which fastens across the chest with a golden eagle clasp, is inspired by ancient coronation ensembles and its priest-like style is meant to symbolise the divine nature of kingship.

From BBC ● May 1, 2023

He fastens the lock on the knob for good measure, then wedges the book on a high shelf between two volumes of the Hardy Boys.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

Upon walking up to the vehicle, the officer saw the “passenger” was a jacket wrapped around the front seat with a seat belt fastened to resemble a person.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026

Recently though, instead of the soft red petals, some people have been opting for the brown, blue or purple of crisp banknotes, folded, rolled or fastened together into floral-like bouquets.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 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

Again a shock: my door was fastened on the outside.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Saturday's action was thwarted by wind, waves and an issue with the cockpit canopy's latch not fastening.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

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

The mission was dizzying, literally, as he spent months fastening his seatbelt and zipping through mountains, strapping on AR goggles and floating into fairy tales.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2024

When Johnson entered the convention center, he hugged about 10 people before sitting on a couch, setting down his small coffee and fastening a headset and microphone.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

Now he pulled at some kind of fastening on the cuffs, and removed the glove parts that had covered his hands.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien