pinning

Example Sentences

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They wanted to keep the ball, move up the pitch as a unit before - when pinning the opposition in their own third - trying to break down the low block.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

I think, is kind of bitter in the beginning of the first season and is pinning her failures, blaming them, on her friend.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Nick thought he was pinning the crime on a dead man, someone from his past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

Then they made room for wrestling—grinding bouts that Seareach won, pinning the strongest men; then the broadjump; first place went to Seabelt; Sparwood gave the discus the mightiest fling, and Prince Laodamas outboxed them all.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer