as in to hang
to close or secure (something, such as a door) with a latch
latch the gate
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Recent Examples of latch
If not, Turnbull will at least hope to latch onto an organization for the final month of the season to audition for a major league contract in 2026.
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Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Online videos and orientation make the process easy to learn, and the team is there to guide the way through situations such as when the kitten is not latching or going to the bathroom.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
However, the press tour for it did have one particular tidbit people latched onto.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2025
The vacation house has sat vacant over the long winter months, the windows latched tight against cobras and the clever fingers of baboons.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Online videos and orientation make the process easy to learn, and the team is there to guide the way through situations such as when the kitten is not latching or going to the bathroom.
—Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
However, the press tour for it did have one particular tidbit people latched onto.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2025
The vacation house has sat vacant over the long winter months, the windows latched tight against cobras and the clever fingers of baboons.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latch
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Pick the stems once the seeds have begun to dry and brown, then loosely bundle them and hang them upside down in a warm, dry place to dry completely, about one or two weeks.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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However, weak economic data seems to hang like a dark cloud over investors.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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With his jaw clenched and sights set on being the next James Bond, Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Major Will Tranter, a bomb disposal pro who’s both an ace sniper and a bit of a loose cannon, breaking protocol in his obsessive attempt to deactivate the vintage ordnance with minimal casualties.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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With every stride, the leader breathes into the whistle clenched between his lips, producing a noise like the courting sigh of some prairie bird.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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After arriving on the scene, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey ran toward the sanctuary and was later seen clasping his hands outside on the church steps.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
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Parents, some in tears, walked from the school, clasping their kids by the hands or carrying them out on their shoulders.—
Natasha Korecki,
NBC news,
27 Aug. 2025
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The hosts applied high pressure and man-to-man marking to pin San Diego in its own end, allowing Bouanga to score the game’s first goal and his 15th of the year in the 15th minute.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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That allowed Rollins to hit Punk with a Stomp and pin him for the 1-2-3.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The college has implemented new programs and expanded others that are tied to in-demand jobs, Posey said.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lorenzen retired the next two hitters — via strikeout — as the game remained tied.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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For the first time in league history, an expansion team is set to compete in the playoffs, as the Valkyries clinched a playoff berth with their 84-80 victory over the Dallas Wings on Thursday night.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The win last weekend pushed the Current’s unbeaten streak to 11 games and clinched a playoff berth with more than two months remaining until the postseason actually begins.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
4 Sep. 2025
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That missile may have AJ Lee and Brock Lesnar’s picture pasted on the side of it.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The stan fighting quickly turned ugly; a fan posted a racist meme of Huda as the police officer who murdered George Floyd, with Olandria’s face pasted on Floyd’s.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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One of the two animals ended up with part of Hohl's head inside its mouth, with its jaws clamped around his cheek and skull, while the other clamped onto his left ankle.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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But that brief period of openness and luxury ended quickly, with international sanctions clamping back down in 2003.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Latch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latch. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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