fastened

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Before Standard Oil became “the most gigantic, the most cruel, impudent, pitiless, and grasping monopoly which ever fastened upon a community,” it was a start-up.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

After the walk-around inspection, I fastened my chin strap and hoisted myself into the bare-carbon cockpit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

But it might mean more time sitting down, with the seat-belt fastened.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

But I made it and fastened my seat belt.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

She fastened her collar with the gold pin, and she was putting on her hat when Pa drove up to the gate.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder