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But he told the Anchorage Daily News recently that his success could be due to his 12 campaign signs, one of which he has welded to the top of his vehicle.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
To deter the traffickers, the Border Patrol has welded shut the manholes used to access the sewage system in southern Arizona.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2020
The dogs aren’t plucked from the grill until the bacon has welded itself to the casing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2017
The marketing has welded an intense emotional attachment to the Coke and Pepsi brands.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2015
By a happy turn of the imagination popular fancy has welded the two Marys together and thus created the marvellous type of Mary Magdalen.
From Balthasar and Other Works - 1909 by Mrs. John Lane
