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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinion
Verb
  • There, you’re bound to find small and large treasures that will make a big impact on your cooking space.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 6 July 2025
  • She'd been bound and raped before she was wrapped in trash bags and put in the trash can.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • Joining him was David Lipsky, who made a clutch eagle on the par-5 17th to tie Grillo and Campbell at 18-under, but a costly bogey on 18 kept him out of the playoff.
    Savannah Leigh Richardson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
  • Given that the government generally does not do great things with its money, tying its spending priorities to debt service is probably a positive.
    Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • With Gi-hun chained up and nonverbal for much of this episode, there might be another layer of meaning to the meal of the day, which Geum-ja encourages Gi-hun to eat with water.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 27 June 2025
  • He was chained up outside and abused before being saved.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 June 2025
Verb
  • At a hearing on Thursday, Hipolito walked into court, limping and shackled in the same clothes he had been arrested in.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • Abrego Garcia, who was shackled and wearing a red jumpsuit, was expected to be released Wednesday, if only into ICE custody.
    Travis Loller, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic’s latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital affair.
    Thomas Urbain, Fortune, 29 June 2025
  • The president also lashed out at economists who predicted his administration’s tariffs could cause a recession.
    Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 28 June 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 12 Jul. 2025.

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