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Recent Examples of pin
Dan Albano, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Above the names, a central rainbow heart with a pulse line is pin-mounted.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Daniel D'addario, Variety, 1 June 2026
The impact from the crash led the Chevrolet van to pin the man up against the Land Rover.
—Marcella Baietto, CBS News, 31 May 2026
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Noun
Faced with challenging pin placement for the final, Los Alamitos formed a pack behind Levi Reilly.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
Above the names, a central rainbow heart with a pulse line is pin-mounted.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Verb
Played by Michelle Williams at her most tremulous, this Marilyn is something like a butterfly that Hollywood wants to pin to a board and display.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 1 June 2026
The impact from the crash led the Chevrolet van to pin the man up against the Land Rover.
—Marcella Baietto, CBS News, 31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pin
Noun
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Mexico opened the scoring in the ninth minute when Quiñones capitalized on a defensive error by South Africa and fired a shot down the middle, between the legs of goalkeeper Ronwen Williams.—
Eduard Cauich,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Wrobleski left in the fifth inning with a contusion to his right hamstring after taking a comebacker off his leg.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Why not tack on an activist hedge fund?—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
2 Dec. 2025
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Labour’s only way to save itself is either to tack left, using public spending to materially improve people’s lives, or to develop a newly assertive centrism, promising an antidote to populists on either end of the spectrum.—
Oliver Eagleton,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
Verb
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All crew members were rescued, though the US military had to mount a risky combat search-and-rescue operation to retrieve the F-15 fighter jet’s weapon systems officer from the Zagros Mountains in Iran.—
Jeremy Hsu,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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Honda said in the recall report that vehicles operated in states where road salt and other de-icing agents are heavily used may experience premature corrosion of the rear subframe suspension mounting points.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Verb
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Install hooks either on the wall or over the back of the door to keep bags in check.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Dec. 2025
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The trout went nuts over the little black mice skittering on the ice, so Olthuis kept the camera going while Cort hooked fish after fish.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
4 Dec. 2025
Verb
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From twisting a bright pink kerchief into a one-shoulder top to slinging another across her hips to create a slit up-to-there skirt, Li found pleasure in the trial-and-error process.—
Diana Tsui,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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Our friends at DawgNation recently pulled the stats on Sanford Stadium alcohol sales in 2025, the school’s second season of slinging suds and hard seltzer.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
10 June 2026
Verb
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The Partey affair has hung heavy over a squad already trying to come to terms with a new coach in Queiroz, and who failed to qualify for the most recent Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) — a competition Ghana have won four times, but not since 1982.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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Along the walls hang two replicas of backdrops his legendary father, Bob Marley, used on tour in the 1970s.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
17 June 2026
Verb
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The skydiver, who has not been publicly identified, flew straight into the plane’s horizontal stabilizer on the left side of the tail, and the chute became wrapped around it, leaving the skydiver suspended.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
12 Dec. 2025
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For the second time this season, Collins boys basketball coach Chris Gaither has been suspended amid an investigation by Shelby County Public Schools.—
Ray Padilla,
Louisville Courier Journal,
12 Dec. 2025
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Tom Cruise spends the movie running through New Jersey with two terrified kids while ash drifts through the streets and giant alien war machines scoop humans into dangling metal cages.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Briscoe spent nine years in Salt Lake before his bosses dangled a chance to return to Manila as bureau chief.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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“Pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pin. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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