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Recent Examples of pin
Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
But pinning its underwhelming financials on anti-American sentiment presents more than a few troubling implications for an already beleaguered Hollywood.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 31 July 2025
To remove the hinge pins, start by placing a nail at the bottom of the hinge.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
King asks Hendricks, the latter’s auburn braids pulled into a chignon pinned just above the nape of her neck.
—Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
But pinning its underwhelming financials on anti-American sentiment presents more than a few troubling implications for an already beleaguered Hollywood.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
If a friend has invited you and paid your entry fee, be generous and offer to pay into some of the side games (putting contests, closest to the pin, ball drops and more) for them.
—Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 31 July 2025
To remove the hinge pins, start by placing a nail at the bottom of the hinge.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pin
Noun
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Cook, a forward in soccer, suffered a broken leg while practicing soccer in February.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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As well as the legs being made of carbon fiber, other parts of the construction are made from a lightweight aluminum alloy crafted by advanced CNC machining.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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They are also recommended to bring emergency kits filled with items like personal fans, blotting powder, compact mirrors, deodorant and electrolyte powder, which can tack on $100.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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And it must be built into decision-making workflows, not tacked on as a separate compliance bureaucracy.—
Darrin Lipscomb,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The episode itself mirrors the conceit, unfolding as a true oner, with the camera weaving and barreling through the set in a state of mounting, anxious momentum as Matt’s meddling escalates.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
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In such a setting, our local issues — affordable housing, mounting homelessness, creaking infrastructure, metastasizing inequality and sustainability challenges, among others — will get scant attention.—
Russell Hancock,
Mercury News,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The idea stuck, and after a late-night search I was hooked.—
Ashley Kennedy,
Robb Report,
14 Aug. 2025
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She was immediately hooked, but spreading the salsa gospel to her friends was a challenge.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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On July 5, Caleb Roesler picked up his wife, Justine, slung her over his shoulders, ran 250 meters through water and over hurdles to the finish line, making history and winning Justine’s weight in beer in the process.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
1 Aug. 2025
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Skirts and tops have gotten microscopic, bottoms are being slung below the waist again, and lots of producers seem to be doing their best impressions of early Pharrell.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
Verb
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Everton also made a loan offer, but with several key starters departing after Erik ten Hag left for the Manchester United job in that summer window, new head coach Alfred Schreuder was determined to hang onto Kudus.—
Elias Burke,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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My hunch is that many who in private criticize Israel or America’s support for Israel never say a word in public, cowed into silence by the sword of Damocles hanging over them — the omnipresent threat of charges of antisemitism.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Brown University reached a similar — though far cheaper — settlement last month, agreeing to pay the Trump administration $50 million to restore over $500 million in federal funding initially suspended over antisemitism allegations.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Launched in 2015, suspended during the pandemic and relaunched a few years ago, the challah bake brings together hundreds of women from all corners of the Jewish faith, including unaffiliated, Reform,Humanistic, Conservative and Orthodox, to knead and braid challah, traditional Jewish bread.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Sporting a head full of pink hair curlers and an oversized flannel atop a bulletproof vest, the rapper dangled from a life-size helicopter like a civilian kidnapped in an action movie.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
4 Aug. 2025
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The front office was willing to bet that, with free agency dangling in front of him, Cease could turn around his season over the next two months.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pin. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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