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Prosecutors published photos showing one of Liaw’s deputies with an assistant who they said used a hair dryer to remove and affix labels and serial-number stickers to shipping boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

Otherwise it waits for someone to complain to its content moderation team, which could then decide to affix a label to something.

From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026

Homeowners pooled their money to purchase and affix makeshift solar-powered lamps to the disabled lightposts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

I wonder if you can affix that to this set of categories you have made about the difference between rule of law and rule by fiat.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2025

Men and women affix spyglasses to their eyes.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The group, dressed in heavy military gear, silently affixes the pole to a short column along the edge of the roof before quickly walking away.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023

This quality, which linguists describe as “polysynthetic,” means that many affixes may attach to a verb—and with each additional affix another layer of story accrues.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 18, 2023

Bonnedahl traps black-headed gulls, samples their feces for bacteria carrying AMR genes, and affixes tracking tags to their backs to follow their migrations.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 26, 2023

This is a flexible strip of LED lights that affixes to the back of your TV.

From The Verge ● Aug. 14, 2022

She reaches back and pulls two stickers out, puts them on plastic bracelets that she has attached to her belt, which is like a nurse utility belt, and affixes them to my right wrist.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

In San Diego, Flock cameras are affixed to streetlights in about 500 locations, according to the 2025 Annual Surveillance Report by the San Diego Police Department.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

They affixed headshot cutouts of their parents from photos and placed them above paper cutouts of a wedding dress and a tuxedo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The vehicle, with the blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag affixed to its top, then smashes through the tyre-and-barricade wall, leaping into the air and speeding on.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

He noted the speed with which Trump’s name had been affixed above John F. Kennedy’s on the front of the building, saying the signage went up the next day after the board approved the change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026

All fish must be caught on hook and line; one rod per entrant, which must be affixed to the pier or held by the entrant at all times.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Residents of the city’s canyon area have taken to affixing wood pieces and bars over their windows to prevent bears from tearing through, Mayor Pro Tem Kristine Lowe said at the special meeting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025

The activist targeted “Poppy Field” by Claude Monet, affixing a sticker that covered about half the painting with an apocalyptic, futuristic vision of the same scene.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

Both define “content moderation” broadly to encompass removing, deprioritizing, or “shadow banning” posts; “deplatforming” a user; or affixing commentary on others’ posts.

From Slate ● Feb. 26, 2024

A common gene sequencer works by affixing a DNA sample between two pieces of optically perfect glass called a flow cell.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2022

He lifted the candle to the wall, and there I saw that he had tacked sheets of music all over the plaster, high and low, affixing other pages with paste.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson