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
Barnacles, mussels, clams, algae and other warm-seawater-dwelling fauna and flora have latched onto oil tankers hundreds of massive oil tankers anchored in the Persian Gulf over the past several months.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
There’s no real plot to latch onto yet, but the mood seems colder and more film-like than what the group has put out recently.
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Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Everything is measured by devices latched onto the belly.
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Literary Hub,
19 June 2026
With less than a year to help NASA mount a rescue mission, Katalyst developed the LINK robotic servicing spacecraft intended to latch onto a space telescope that was never meant to be captured.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
23 June 2026
There’s no real plot to latch onto yet, but the mood seems colder and more film-like than what the group has put out recently.
—
Hannah Abraham,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2026
Everything is measured by devices latched onto the belly.
—
Literary Hub,
19 June 2026
With less than a year to help NASA mount a rescue mission, Katalyst developed the LINK robotic servicing spacecraft intended to latch onto a space telescope that was never meant to be captured.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for latch
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This doesn't see three Li-ion battery packs all connected at once for long-range riding, but rather provides a downtube pack plus two spares in a cage hanging from the rear rack.
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For care, the brand recommends washing the set on a gentle cycle with cold water, then hanging it or laying it flat to air-dry.
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As the ball landed safely on the other side of the left field fence at Nationals Park on Monday, Dylan Crews clenched his fists and let out a scream.
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An accompanying photograph shows Glimcher holding the viewer’s gaze, his right hand outstretched on the desk, clenched in a tight fist.
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Loay Hidmi was walking deliberately along the edge of the pool closest to the Lincoln Memorial, hands clasped behind his back, looking over the ledge.
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Newlyweds Tito Avalos, 26, and Andrea Avalos, 24, who were visiting from El Salvador, tied their wishes to a tree together, their wrists entwined and fingers clasped.
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Zayn kicked Gunther’s hands off the rope, allowing Rhodes to pin him.
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The success of Citadel, which manages $68 billion in its hedge fund and has a huge securities-trading operation, has always been hard to pin on any one thing, as The New Yorker’s Gary Sernovitz teases out in a profile out this week that observed how Griffin fits none of Wall Street’s archetypes.
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One group counts $25 million in support from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman and his wife, Anna, alongside $100 million tied to one of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capital firms, which holds a large stake in OpenAI.
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That might be a tall order on the field after Lionel Messi’s record-tying hat trick against Algeria led Argentina to victory on Tuesday.
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Senegal hasn't quite clinched a spot in the knockout round just yet.
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Out of the top 100 metro areas, ranked for their business, residential and tourist appeal, Philadelphia managed to clinch a Top 20 spot.
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Online job listings have become so formulaic — copy-pasted from old descriptions and bloated with internal jargon — that even strong candidates scroll past them without a second look.
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Please do not copy and paste FT articles and redistribute by email or post to the web.
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The twisting barrel easily clamps to hair (without pulling) and gives you long-lasting curls for up to two days.
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However, instead of the pilot starting the engines during pushback and the tug disconnecting afterward, TaxiBot remains attached to the nose gear via a specialized pivoting clamping platform.
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“Latch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latch. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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