cling

• For a time the edenite force-film would hold; but it depended on a carefully designed metal hull beneath it; without that smooth and precision-engineered metal capsule on which to cling, the film of force could not be maintained forever—might go at any second! —  Pohl, Frederik ; Williamson, Jack - [Undersea 03] - Undersea City [MNQ]
• I stared at him with a heart-squeezing ache that made me want to grab him and cling, as if that would somehow keep him safe. —  EmbracetheNight
• On the glass alone it did not cling, and Tess wondered at that. —  Rachel Lee - Shadows of Destiny
• You merely cling, and stare at the emptiness where you might so easily have been left, and tell Fenner inanely over the radio, “We made it.” The hull shuddered slightly. —  Alpha Centauri Or Die - Leigh Brackett
• Dust could cling, at least until the tripod reversed its static charge, but there were no hinges or grooves where grit could be trapped Greg had used the robotic tripods on Earth several times, once he had the budget to afford them. —  AnalogSFF,March2006

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