fasten

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At designer Rowen Rose, a large orange stone was used to fasten a green or yellow scarf to a matching sweater.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Raise your tray tables and your reclining seats, and fasten your seat belts.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025

After telling Ms Harris to fasten her seatbelt, Ms Buell said the soon-to-be Democratic nominee quipped, “I was born with a seatbelt.”

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

One canoe is also associated with three T-shaped wooden objects, each with a series of holes that were likely used to fasten ropes tied to sails or other nautical elements.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2024

Little metal was used in our straps and fittings, but the harnesses had buckles of aluminum alloy, too fine to fasten with mittens on, which burned in that cold exactly as if they were red-hot.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin