LATCH (ON OR ONTO) Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

latch (on or onto)

verb

Definition of latch (on or onto)

as in to snap (up)

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What to read next Within one lunar week (which is roughly seven months on Earth), over half the methane was trapped at the moon's cold polar areas, with a whopping 42% of the substance trapped at the south pole compared to 12% at the north pole.

— Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 14 July 2026
The film follows a man trapped inside a bar, where reality begins to unravel in increasingly disturbing ways.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of trap

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Twin brothers Mike and Bob Bryan capture their fourth straight major with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo at Wimbledon.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Surveillance cameras captured a person dressed in dark clothing on a nearby roof overlooking the courtyard less than ten minutes before the killing, prosecutors said in charging documents.

— Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Definition of capture

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From the Constitutional Convention onward, Americans have grappled with what to do about political parties.

— Andy Craig, Washington Post, 15 July 2026
With Social Security's looming insolvency date roughly six years away, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a proposal Tuesday to grapple with one of the most consequential financial challenges facing the federal government.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026

Definition of grapple

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At one point, Nelson appears to snatch the other driver’s sunglasses from his forehead and heave them across the parking lot.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Egypt exited the tournament but claimed it had been treated unfairly after Argentina overturned a 2-0 deficit to snatch victory with a stoppage-time winner from Enzo Fernández.

— Reuters, NBC news, 9 July 2026

Definition of snatch

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His eye-catching performances have put him on the radar of Europe’s top clubs, with Newcastle United keen to land the 20-year-old.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Garbrandt walked into the same counters that have ended his last several bad nights, and Yanez, who fights with his own reckless disregard for return fire, simply landed first and landed cleaner.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026

Definition of land

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Arthur Kaluma seized his Summer League moment in Las Vegas, scoring 34 points in the Lakers’ 91-70 win over the Dallas Mavericks.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
And some have responded by seizing the female obsession with looks, already rooted in misogyny, and rebranding it with maximum toxicity—in other words, by becoming looksmaxxers.

— Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

Definition of seize

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When the director of a passion play offered to nail Bautista to a cross in the name of empirical authenticity, the anthropologist declined.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
Stripes continue to dominate summer style, and this easy matching set nails the trend without feeling overdone.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026

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