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Now Russia has latched on to an unfounded allegation made by Georgian Dream's founder that a high-ranking foreign official asked Georgia's former prime minister to join a war with Russia "for three or four days".

The recent attack ads have latched on to the controversy that roiled the state Capitol four years ago.

As the firefighters drove back to the station, hundreds of hitchhikers rode along as well: A swarm of bees latched on to the windshield and the doors of the fire truck.

People on both sides of the political spectrum latched on to various strains of viral misinformation.

Still, critics on the right have latched on to previous campaign rhetoric denouncing Trump, including the “bull’s-eye” comment, to suggest that Biden and Democrats more broadly were partly to blame for the shooting.