fasten
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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
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
As I fasten the iridescent black buttons, I catch notice of the number tattooed on my arm—A28865—from the day I lost my name in a distant world.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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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
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
She fastens chunky gold hoop earrings and clips on her gold Olympic necklace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
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
When I open them again, Marlena is standing with her back to August, holding her hair up as he fastens the necklace around her throat.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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The price of plastic has risen roughly 50 percent since before the Iran war, Chen told AFP as workers behind him fastened suction tubes to metal tanks.
From Barron's ● May 6, 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
I poked my finger along under the fold that was fastened down, spread it open, and read it.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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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
“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
Following the outcry in Paris, Sargent repainted the fastening securely in place, but he never showed the painting again and was forced to decamp to London to restore his career.
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
She wanted to watch Mo giving Elinor's books new clothes, pressing fragile gold leaf into the leather with his stamps, choosing endpapers, stirring glue, fastening the press.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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