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strapping

[strap-ing] / ˈstræp ɪŋ /


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This included strapping the sensors to a vibration table and giving them a solid shake to make sure they could handle the G-forces.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

In the early 1990s, he got into parasailing, strapping tourists into parachutes and towing them behind a speed boat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Why people are strapping cameras on their bodies to do chores.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Mboko, with heavy strapping on her right leg, was broken again to slump 1-0 behind in the second set as she struggled to find any answers.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

But the safety to be gained here is from preventing the kids from riding shotgun, not from strapping them into a $200 car seat.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt