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become attached



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In our interview with him, Sir David wanted to clear up some myths that have become attached to the term.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

If you do it multiple years in a row, somehow you become attached to the glacier, and you’re curious how he is doing.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025

People have become attached to a certain image of who she is that isn’t the “full picture.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024

Faculty, staff and other students could also report specific concerns about an individual’s professionalism, resulting in write-ups the contents of which could become attached to their permanent records, following them like scarlet letters.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024

A lifelong bachelor, he had no family in America and so had become attached to ours.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides