fastening
Example Sentences
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The Irish government has always promised full cooperation with what is a UK statutory public inquiry and they would see this memorandum of understanding as copper fastening that.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025
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
IL-6 delivers its message by fastening to IL-6 receptors within cells, which tells the cells to spread inflammation.
From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024
“You are my only granddaughter, and I want you to have it,” Gram declared, fastening the chain around my neck.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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