pinning

Example Sentences

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She pushes buttons because she’s trying to get them to admit something, or she’s pinning the fly to the bulletin board and watching it squirm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

In an illustration of the extent to which local businesses are pinning their hopes on the tournament being a success, Jenkins said the fan festival would be "a difference maker".

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Companies increasingly have been pinning mass layoffs on the use of artificial intelligence, just as many AI skeptics feared.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Stocks notched their best weekly gains of the year, with investors pinning hopes on a diplomatic end to the Iran conflict and looking past a war-fueled surge in consumer prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Dedd realizes she is speaking to the picture of Minerva, as if she were assigning her a part, pinning her down with a handful of adjectives, the beautiful, intelligent, high-minded Minerva.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez