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pin

verb as in attach, hold in place

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"You're still quite young," I remember the hair transplant consultant telling me, as he drew on my scalp with a felt-tip pin.

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He said he saw two agents open the door and drag Parias out of the truck before a third agent helped pin him down.

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Gunner Beck claimed Webber said he had been "waiting for a moment for them to be alone" before grabbing her leg, pinning her down, and trying to kiss her.

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There wasn’t much to pin the move on besides normal volatility, no analyst upgrades or downgrades.

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I yanked the pin and doused her flaming underwear drawers with a heavy dose of CO2.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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