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This is not a tale where the heroine’s acceptable aesthetics are revealed by her removing her glasses or allowing her tousled waves to tumble out of a tightly pinned hairdo.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Wall Street has pinned much of Intel’s turnaround story on finding major customers for its upcoming 14A process node.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
His right arm was pinned down by Pablo's left biceps, and his left forearm was being held too.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
It hasn’t attracted a cornerstone tenant for the campus, however—a failure some analysts pinned on Neugebauer himself.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
All their hopes were now pinned on getting safely to the open ocean before the floe they camped on broke into pieces.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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