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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for pinion
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Verb
  • However, manufacturers are bound to encounter some challenges when implementing these technologies, such as interoperability gaps, effective scalability, skills shortages and resistance to change.
    Anirban Bose, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Still, he’s bound to improve and lower his ERA closer to his career number of 3.53.
    Derek Carty, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • Without any restructures, that’s roughly 35 percent of the team’s salary cap tied to two players in the passing game.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • Which consumer loans could see higher rates Some loans could see more direct impacts because their rates are tied to bond prices.
    Annie Nova,Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • At point there, while two of the men were handcuffed and chained at the feet, one of them slammed his body into another, leading to a shouting match and law enforcement separating the two.
    Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 21 May 2025
  • They were shackled and chained, and footage of them was shared on X on April 4 by Michael W. Banks, chief of U.S. Border Patrol.
    Diaa Hadid, NPR, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • In the United States, we are sometimes shackled to election cycles and the short-sightedness of politicians who care first and foremost about being re-elected.
    Mark Minevich, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
  • Mangione appeared calm inside the Manhattan courtroom with his feet shackled, wearing a tan prison jumpsuit.
    Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As judges have ruled against the Trump administration, the president and his allies have lashed out in response, suggesting judges should not be allowed to constrain Trump's presidential actions and calling for judges to be impeached.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • But Zaharias retired the side in order in the top of the seventh, then lashed his game-winning two-bagger in the bottom of the inning, driving home pinch-runner JT Anderson and Ryder Kelly, who reached base on an error.
    Mike Lefkow, Mercury News, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • Our vote, secret and simple, not fettered by any AI or the eyes of an authoritarian who threatens those who disagree with him, ensures that our union endures.
    John D. Witiak, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024

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“Pinion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinion. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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