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Recent Examples of pin
Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Removable hinge pins: These are usually found on interior doors to facilitate door removal.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2025
Aroop Mukharji, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
Crews arrived on scene to find multiple patients pinned in their cars, officials said.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Dressed in a matching forest green beret, coat and scarf, the outfit was complemented by a gold, three-leaf clover pin.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
Removable hinge pins: These are usually found on interior doors to facilitate door removal.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
Although Democrats posted victories in the 1890 and 1892 elections, Republicans swept the 1894 midterm elections, retaking the Senate and the House—the latter with a record gain of 130 seats, largely due to a long economic depression pinned on the Democrats.
—Aroop Mukharji, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2025
Crews arrived on scene to find multiple patients pinned in their cars, officials said.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pin
Noun
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Dante, who is a mix of border collie and German shepherd and is thought to be around 8 years old, could easily have died the day a series of bullets penetrated one of his legs, leaving him bleeding, in pain and struggling to move.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Jets are also intrigued by Fields’ ability to use his legs to create explosive plays.—
Antwan Staley,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But the intersection — where a wide section of Broadway suddenly tacks at about a 120-degree angle from heading southeast to heading east — shouldn’t have looked like that.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
24 Mar. 2025
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Taylor Walls greeted lefty reliever Brennan Bernadino with a first-pitch three-run homer, tacking two final runs onto Houck’s final line.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Quality tanked, recalls mounted and sales collapsed.—
Michael Brian Lee,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Frustration is mounting over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks suggesting Palestinians could be relocated to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and other Arab nations — a notion Saudi leaders firmly reject.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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The 71-year-old coach doubled over punching the air in a rare show of celebration late in the second quarter when Chen drove left-handed to the rim and hooked in a layup, drawing a foul against USC freshman Avery Howell and hitting her free throw to boot.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2025
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Forward Noah Gregor was called for hooking and holding in the first period and defenseman Mario Ferraro took hooking and tripping penalties in the second.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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It can be worn as a clutch or slung over the shoulder and has a top-zip closure to ensure belongings are safely secured inside.—
Megan Schaltegger,
People.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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The duffel can be slung over your shoulder or stacked on top of the wheeled carry-on via the trolley sleeve on the back — a lifesaver on long, grueling travel days.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Outside the little green brick building hangs the sign with the restaurant's slogan: Automatic For The People.—
Melanie Peeples,
NPR,
3 Apr. 2025
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Just a few miles from the beach, the briny sea fog hangs over the pasture.—
Scott Clark as told to Betsy Andrews,
Saveur,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Biden sharply expanded use of TPS and other temporary forms of protection in a strategy to create and expand legal pathways to live in the United States while suspending asylum for those who enter illegally.—
Janie Har,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2025
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Sarkozy had already been convicted in 2021 of corruption and influence peddling, with a three-year prison sentence, two years of which were suspended.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That’s mentally just a crazy thing to be dangled in front of your face.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Photo : David Fitzgerald The striking staircase is topped by a dangling chandelier.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pin. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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