latch on
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"Bacteria can latch on to less viscous portions of each particle, but cannot reach more viscous regions until they break it down," said Inman.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026
The next year, in 2013, cancer researcher Kevan Shokat found a pocket on the RAS protein that a drug could latch on to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Don’t try and latch on to whatever the success is, and then complain that it didn’t work for you when that wasn’t your forte to begin with.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 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 conductor started dancing a jig so Scruffy couldn’t latch on to the cuffs of his uniform pants and yank them down.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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