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as in leg
a lower limb of an animal a cat that was still a little unsteady on its pins after anesthesia

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verb

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Recent Examples of pin
Noun
Two months later, the DMV shut Cruise down, shortly after an accident where a Cruise car pinned and dragged a woman for 20 feet. Lia Russell updated July 14, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2025 Since returning to the White House in January for his second term, Trump has pinned equal blame on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for prolonging a war started by Russia. Joey Garrison, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Verb
Every bull has come from a location that borders prime elk habitat—the classic areas that every hunter pins on their maps during e-scouting sessions. Jace Bauserman, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2025 Plus, on select days, trolley passengers can get limited-edition San Diego Comic-Con pins and paper trolley money banks. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pin
Noun
  • Construction is expected to begin this fall and initial legs should be operational in Q4 2026, according to The Boring Company.
    Charles Singh, The Tennessean, 30 July 2025
  • Buchanan started only once for Inter in the first half of last season after suffering a broken leg during a Canada training session in July.
    Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • The new figures tack on costs of $69,016 per unit with a total per-unit cost now approaching $1.1 million.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
  • The Cubs tacked on a run in the seventh when a hustling Seiya Suzuki scored from second base on an infield single by Pete Crow-Armstrong — a play in which shortstop Anthony Volpe ranged to his left and spun but pulled Goldschmidt off of first base with his throw.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 13 July 2025
Verb
  • The end result is almost unrecognizable, with polished aluminum running the length of the bike with few visible fasteners or mounting points.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 July 2025
  • Each meter of that cable—on rooftops, in trenches, across mounting rails—is a potential ignition point if not properly protected, installed and maintained.
    Joern Hackbarth, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Verb
  • During high school and college, the founder of Rush Wilson Ltd. got his feet wet working for Belk and specialty stores in the area — and he was hooked.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
  • KidKraft has hook removal instructions on its website.
    Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Loui’s Pizza Loui’s Pizza has been slinging classic pies for more than 50 years.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 29 July 2025
  • Dale is still slinging wild conspiracy theories (and COVID has given him lots of ammunition).
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • There are racks with graphic tees hanging and a coffee table book topped with the spring 2025 issue of The Cut — naturally, Bad Bunny is the New York Magazine offshoot’s cover star.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Zinc panels hung between sliding glass doors are a nod to a classic Hamptons beach house with its rows of teensy shingles.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 31 July 2025
Verb
  • In Georgia, as more than 50 data centers have cropped up around Atlanta and other parts of the state, lawmakers opted to suspend data center subsidies to reassess the industry's impacts, although Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed the measure.
    Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2025
  • Projects in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Baltimore all appear to have been quietly dropped, and despite an announcement for a Fort Lauderdale tunnel in 2021, the project appears to be suspended.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 July 2025
Verb
  • Hollywood tells these stories by dramatic imperative — dangling that the truth is out there makes for much better storytelling than suggesting those mysterious lights were just illuminating the path of an airplane.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2025
  • An aide in the House’s budget-writing committee said legislative leaders planned during Monday’s sessions to convene a six-person negotiating committee that would iron out a fiscal 2025 supplemental budget whose loose ends have dangled over Beacon Hill for weeks.
    State House News Service, Boston Herald, 14 July 2025

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“Pin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pin. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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