latch
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If you have the ability to latch on to a superior strategy and close your eyes then that could earn you an extra percentage point or two in the long run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
For example, engineers do not have a clear picture of what the back of the telescope actually looks like -- even though that's where the robot must latch on.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The episode punctuated how reflexively we latch onto the idea of weakness as the primary outgrowth of racial injustice.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2026
But the idea that the entire world could latch onto something together feels too far-fetched in our own current fractured news environment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
And she can open and shut and even latch the door by herself.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
Nino loses both parents when very young but latches on to his grandfather’s tale that they’re not dead, they’re merely living in peace in a heavenly place, “on the island.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Tesla’s vehicles primarily use electronic door latches that are opened by pressing a button.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 24, 2025
On the Igloo website, the company stated that injuries could occur at “pinching points” which are on or around the handles, latches, hinges, lid and other moving components on the coolers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
He latches onto a careless back-header by Tyler Bindon and takes the ball around Reading keeper Joel Pereira, but Bindon atones by getting back to block on the line.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2024
Only, when she opens the shed doors, latches one back to the right, the other back to the left, the only word she finds is “Okay.”
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
Vocabulary lists containing latch
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 4
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"Little Red Riding Hood" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
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"Core Curriculum: Introductory Craft Skills," Vocabulary from Module Six
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