Wet clothes adhere to the skin.

The older you grow, the more you tend to adhere to fixed ideas.

To an adherent of the Paleo diet, a bean salad is considered a menace to the universe to the likes of Nomad, an indestructible planet-destroying space probe from the original Star Trek series.

Christianity has many adherents.

The Mormons have outlawed polygamy, but some adherents still practice it.

Buddhism, unlike other religions, is not theocentric or god-centred, but it does not preclude an adherent from believing in the existence of gods.

He adhered to the original plan.

This cloth adheres to the skin.

Aurelius throughout his life adhered to the Stoical philosophy.

In science, if there is a mistake in theory or data, scientists try to correct it. Science is a self-correcting paradigm, unlike religion. In religion, if adherents think that some beliefs are not correct, some opt to create a new religion.