Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinned
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The pound eased against major currencies as speculation mounted that Starmer was going to set out a timetable for his departure.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
22 June 2026 -
Over the years, several Parsi women in India have mounted legal challenges to such practices.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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Weather briefly delayed the gate opening and thunderstorms suspended the match at halftime.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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Former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova was suspended for four years Monday for refusing an anti-doping test.—
Andrew Dampf,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
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And Charlotte, unlike Chicago or San Francisco, didn’t develop a historic LGBTQ neighborhood with rows of gay bars on one street, pride flags draped from the facade of dozens of businesses, or rainbows painted on crosswalks.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
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On Sunday, the event saw hundreds milling about the convention center with red-on-white patterned scarves — the Shemagh, Jordan’s national headscarf — wrapped around their heads or draped by the hosts across the shoulders of guests as a gift to perfect strangers.—
Luis Melecio-Zambrano,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
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With a golf bag slung over his shoulder and 23-month-old son Bennett in his arms, the two-time Masters champion strolled with wife Meredith, his high school sweetheart, and their newborn son Remy tucked away in a baby carrier after arriving just 12 days earlier.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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Do like Kendall Jenner and pair it with a black tee and sweater slung over the shoulder—or like Daisy Edgar-Jones, and pair it with a pop of color, like a lightweight red knit for a dinner al fresco.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
17 June 2026
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If Jeff ever hung it up, Cochran or Devens.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 June 2026
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An American flag hung from its ropes.—
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
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Chains dangled from belt loops and wrists.—
Precious Fondren,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The very idea that a preschool-age child would need to maximize their ability to resist the treats an adult has dangled in front of them should offend you.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 June 2026
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The tiny round succulent beads on a string of pearl plant resemble pearls strung on a necklace.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
19 June 2026
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Walking in the historic center of the city—where motorbikes flash by on narrow streets, laundry hangs from balconies, and giant pennants of the city’s team are strung high overhead—one witnesses several devotional Maradona tableaux.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
16 June 2026
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Then another colleague hooked McDonnell up with local fishermen to help.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Sun Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Before these findings, published in the Journal of Fish Biology, goblin sharks were only filmed or reported after being hooked on a fishing line and hauled to the surface, dying shortly later, the news release states.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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“Pinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinned. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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