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“We’re asking airmen to strap into jets that their grandfathers, fathers and now they are flying, and it is time for a reset,” said Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Ragin’ ” Al, a low-ranked fighter known for decent grappling and heavy hitting, had no business fighting for the lightweight strap.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

Besides, there are few better indicators that the previously taboo has gone mainstream than when TV picks up the strap.

From Salon ● May 4, 2026

What about $50,000 to strap on a red, white and blue helmet and get human cannonballed across the river?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Then I add a strap to the mask, so it stays on my face.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

Ranvia had back pain, her bra straps would dig into her, and exercise was difficult.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Sargent later repainted Gautreau with both straps fixed to her shoulders — a needless compromise between the artist and those who wielded the power to dictate beauty.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

Right beside the main entrance, a sculpture of an origami deer cast in concrete hangs suspended on thick straps from a crane.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

May our children help us, from The World to Come, to pull up the straps of our backpacks and make them less heavy on our weary frames.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

I stare through the glass, tugging at my backpack straps, although they are fine.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Granted it’s one in which Neill, strapped in a straitjacket, screams things like “I’m not insane!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

With prices now rising faster than wages, financially strapped consumers are putting more purchases on their credit cards.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

With a smartphone strapped to her head, Indian housewife Nagireddy Sriramyachandra films herself slicing mangoes to train AI-powered robots to take on household jobs in the future.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

After the accident, a foreman at the site told authorities that Bautista may have incorrectly assumed that the beam he strapped himself to was securely anchored to the ground, according to the report.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

Christian had already been there for months, weighing only about twenty-two pounds, his lungs filled with TB bacilli and an oxygen mask continually strapped over his mouth.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

That’s why scientists in Arizona are strapping volunteers into harnesses and lowering them onto wet floors: to find what kinds of surfaces are safest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

“If they had let us in sooner, we could have really helped save lives,” said Michael Saavedra, a strapping 6-foot-5-inch Miami Beach firefighter who is the team’s director.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The 23-year-old Briton finished as runner-up to Croatia's Donna Vekic after five matches in a week earlier this month, and wore strapping on her left thigh after a slip in the quarter-finals.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Back strapping on her pads 10 days later.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

“No, they would be strapping themselves to the wings.”

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth