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Example Sentences

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She said that people may forget to use a pin on their mail-in ballot, leading to their vote being disqualified.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

When he stuck an iron inside 7 feet on the par-3 12th hole, it was the closest anybody had been to the pin on Sunday and set up another birdie.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

In Armani's refined yet relaxed collection, some men sported a tie pin on their jacket lapel, while male and female models wore matching sparkling brooches.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

On the 12th hole, McIlroy's eight-iron clubhead went flying off mid-swing, but the former world number one still ended up putting the ball within 10 feet of the pin on his way to a birdie.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

There was the litde cloth purse with the safety pin on the chair beneath her clothes and the money just wasn’t nowhere in the room.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston