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In effect, the toxin must first latch onto this protein before it can carry out its damaging activity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

They proved you could destroy a problematic protein by bringing a smooth protein closer to an enzyme that helps dispose of cell waste—without needing to latch on to the protein like traditional drugs do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Greggs, the UK's largest fast-food chain, has launched a range of new products this year, many of which latch onto trends such as high-protein salads and matcha.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 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

After a deep breath and a wish with all of my body that no one is in the yard, I carefully lift the latch to the door in the tall wooden fence.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

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

The recall centres on latches that may not engage properly, which could lead to the doors on Grenadier SUVs opening while being driven "increasing the risk of injury to passengers inside the vehicle."

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2025

Postdoctoral researcher and study co-author Ashley Bennett offers a play-by-play: As the virus feels for its best attachment point on a human T-cell, the host cell's CD4 receptor is the first thing it latches onto.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 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