as in to latch (on or onto)
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Verb
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Although cybersecurity is a considerable concern, the importance of securing the database is easily overlooked.—
Jakub Lamik,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025 -
Normally this would not be on alert for me, but the Angels have secured at least a split of this four-game series and are just two games under .500.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Verb
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News purists clutched their pearls, but the audience welcomed it.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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Here’s 10 minutes of him being clutch in the 2011 championship run.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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For me thrillers, especially when tinged with horror, are a support structure, to construct stories which are gripping, and which gives you the chance to talk about personal and emotional conflicts which really drive the story, and not just those of the three protagonists.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
25 June 2025
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An army of cops responded to a massive teen fight in Coney Island on Monday evening, arresting 17 brawlers as a sweltering heat wave gripped the city, officials said.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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“Fasten (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fasten%20%28on%29. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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