latches

present tense third-person singular of latch

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of latches Typically said when someone copies a trend, latches onto a friend's obsession, or just teases in a playful way. Annabelle Canela, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025 That against-the-odds spirit is what the documentary crew latches onto as the thread tying their story together. Andy Meek, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for latches
Verb
  • As Solène leaves, Rainbeau clenches her fists, talking herself out of hitting Solène and remembering the way disputes got resolved in her family.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • At the end of every successful criminal prosecution, one question hangs over the heads of offenders, victims and attorneys.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The impact of Google's decisions on the handset's battery life hangs over the device.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The plan also ties Musk's compensation to the mass production of autonomous robotaxis and humanoid robots, technologies Tesla believes could redefine both transportation and labor.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Pete escapes into the snowy woods, but Lambert tracks him down and ties him up.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Dow clinches record high The Dow on Friday clinched its first closing record high of the year.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The sequencer pastes together the strings and the quality scores, along with some other metadata, read by read, to form what is called a FASTQ file.
    Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Verb
  • Yet Antonia isn’t fragile; her forceful imagination bends the others to her will.
    Jillian Steinhauer, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The sides and top of the car were damaged, and the car appeared to have crashed into a building where the road bends.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The latter happens when a ball clips the net before dropping in play.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • Every Tuesday, James Parker tackles readers’ questions.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The tense press moment is quite fitting since Guadanino's After the Hunt tackles the #MeToo movement in a manner that has received divisive responses after its Venice world premiere.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Latches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/latches. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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