as in to bind
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic
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Recent Examples of pinion
Haas thus theorized that the victim had been pinioned by both heels to the front of the upright beam either with their legs splayed open, frog-like, or with their knees bent and turned to one side.
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Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
There is only one substantial object in the show, a set of wooden stocks for pinioning the legs of multiple enslaved people.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
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Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
There is only one substantial object in the show, a set of wooden stocks for pinioning the legs of multiple enslaved people.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinion
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The Supreme Court is not bound by what those lower court judges have said or even its own past rulings.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
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In this study, researchers discovered that RNA from yeast can bind with proteins in beer, creating microscopic particles that scatter light.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Vendors will be on site and a fly tying demonstration by local guide Brian Wise will take place.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Oct. 2025
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Stott still made it to third base later in the inning as the tying run, but the Phillies stranded him there.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Texas Roadhouse, which also operates casual dining chains Bubba’s 33 and Jaggers, is expected to report third-quarter results at the end of October.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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In the bowels of the Guinness compound, Rafferty has chained the three men named by others as having left the gates open for the Brotherhood.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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Unlike her previous court hearing in June, Schabusiness was not strapped into her chair in addition to being handcuffed and shackled.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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McFarlin, who could face the death penalty if convicted in the case, appeared briefly in court wearing a red jail shirt with a white tee shirt underneath, his hands shackled in front of his body and a chain around his waist.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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How much the reader should sympathize with Lisa—whether the character whom Harwicz has created is more aptly seen as a wronged person lashing out or as a more lucid villain—also feels unresolved.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2025
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Bill Burr is lashing out at critics for slamming his appearance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
8 Oct. 2025
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This comes in the wake of millions of apps being dumped from Play Store for not being good enough and an expansion of Google’s Play Integrity API to fetter app behaviors on phones no longer eligible for security updates — Android 12 or older.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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It’s become a common refrain by the government that the president’s executive power cannot be fettered by the courts.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Pinion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinion. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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