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pinning

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present participle of pin

as in tacking

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These twin trends—an aging Leninist system sliding toward one-man rule and mounting political inertia in the face of anything that might trigger social unrest—have eroded China’s governance capacity.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
The euro sank to its lowest level against the dollar since May 2025 over Spain’s snap elections added to mounting fiscal and political worries across the region.

— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of mounting

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Walls, backsplash areas and the space beneath upper cabinets rarely get treated as storage, even though rails, pegboards, magnetic strips, floating shelves and hanging baskets can absorb a meaningful share of what currently sits on the counter.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Floating shelves and hanging baskets add another layer without eating into your footprint.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of hanging

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This gave Katalyst a few more months of schedule margin at the expense of suspending Swift’s scientific observations.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
The series issued several major penalties and suspensions to both Chad Bryant and Steve Civatarese, suspending both indefinitely from NASCAR events — as well as the 2027 event at Martinsville.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

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But simply draping garments willy-nilly anywhere isn’t your best move because wet laundry needs the right conditions to dry completely.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026
While Cameron accessorized with a draping cape, David wore a silk green scarf.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of draping

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Ecobee says that just hooking this unit up can deliver up to 26% per year reductions on heating and cooling costs, which will pay for itself quickly.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
First, don’t rely on the industry to protect youth when its business model depends on hooking new customers and keeping them using their product.

— Susan Morrisey, STAT, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hooking

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The sandals were finished with ornate gold-tone ankle cuffs with dangling bells.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
No one want to a repeat of the situation that occurred with the 2023 releases of The Flash and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, two movies made by one studio regime and opened by another, and which were left dangling in the wind.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of dangling

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Trump’s tariff-slinging made companies less, not more, likely to put their faith in a North American supply chain, which is inextricably intertwined across a number of industries.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Steinem set out to expose the working conditions and interior lives of the bunnies slinging booze to the playboys who patronized the club.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of slinging

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There is also little agreement on how many permanent jobs the sector creates, and no precedent for projecting a center’s economic value per megawatt.

— April Roach,Jenny Lee, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
The company cut its full-year outlook in August, projecting same-store sales would fall 7% to 8%, down from its earlier forecast of a 2% to 4% decline.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

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