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

But in pinning its hopes on Starlink, the editorial ignores a more immediate reality: Cable operators have already disrupted the wireless market, with big benefits for consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

All the sheep pushed away from the door at once, herding together like a school of fish and pinning us against the wall so hard the breath was pressed out of us.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs