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fasten

[fas-uhn, fah-suhn] / ˈfæs ən, ˈfɑ sən /


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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

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

Mechanics had to use brute force to fasten them together, he said.

From Seattle Times Apr. 9, 2024

Now I guessed its use: I must fasten one end to the house and one to the barn.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

Over it, she fastens a clear plastic bag with six evenly spaced hairpins, and waits.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Smith said it was accepted there had been a failure to ensure the grating was properly fastened to prevent detachment while under tow.

From BBC May 18, 2026

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

A plywood arch bearing the words “Caius Caesar: Preparing For Triumph” had been fastened to the door; the kids were getting ready for the annual Roman pageant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

But I made it and fastened my seat belt.

From Slate Jun. 22, 2025

A boy hopped over the side of the boat, pulling a rope he fastened around a wooden post at the makeshift dock.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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 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

Kondo brought garments to life, like kites in the sky with voluminous silhouettes created by fastening and unfastening buttons.

From Seattle Times Jun. 20, 2024

"Theon wants me to yield the castle," Bran said as the maester was fastening the cloak with his favorite wolf's-head clasp of silver and jet.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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