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be latching
noun
A fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot, and is lifted by a lever or string from either side.
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Consumers may be latching their purses.
Attention-starved celebrities also seem to be latching on to this trend.
Those mixing in the hotel's chic, library-like atmosphere seemed to be latching on to the message that creativity would win the day.
Just when teen fiction seemed to be recovering from the Stephenie Meyer vampire effect, the publishers of young adult novels seem, perhaps inevitably, to be latching on to another megabucks grown-up literary phenomenon: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
While Eurokids may be latching on to Eurobrands, the clothes still have a distinctly American flavor, no matter what the tag says.
Your budget is important, but perhaps not the first thing you should be latching on to when considering a proper web host, especially so if your website is meant for commercial purposes.
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After that, the writer fixed the windows so they can be latched and open at the same time.
Disagreements of this kind can be latched onto as evidence that the scientific process is flawed, fuelling the denial movement.
Arrieta points out: "A child who breastfeeds constantly will be latched on to skin which, microbiologically speaking, is very dirty.
The Union Station turnstiles are the first to be latched by Metro.
WINDOWS/WIND-SHIELDS: Cabin windows should be latched and taped from the outside.
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