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The sense of fear is palpable in parts of northern Japan, where some locals have fastened bells to their bags hoping the noise will keep bears away, while signs warn people to be on guard.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

In focusing on these objects, he’s able to lead us through the daily routines, economic struggles and moments of sadness and celebration that have fastened onto them.

From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2022

Dr Mark Redknap, from National Museum Wales, said: "Silver brooches decorated with niello were popular across medieval Wales and this small example may have fastened clothing made of fine cloth."

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2021

So notable is the failure to discover consciousness in our dissected tissue that certain materialists, like Dennett, have fastened onto the idea that both conscious experience and selfhood must be essentially illusions.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2021

Suddenly, in the midst of a mathematical axiom, he said,— "Excuse me, they have fastened Griffin by a chain, I know it by his bark; they must not do it: it spoils him."

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold