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"When the U-turn happened, and the announcement happened, it absolutely devastated not just me but loads of players," said a tearful Pinches in an interview with TalkTV.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024

As Tomlinson worried over her daughter, obstetrician Dr. John Pinches III stepped into the room and laid out the decision before Mckenzie, explaining the trade-offs of a cesarean section or continuing with labor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2023

Claimants include Olympians Hannah Whelan and Jennifer Pinches, according to the law firm, which said others wish to remain anonymous.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2021

“I am famous at Yaddo for catching bats,” a writer named Boomer Pinches said, at the benefit.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019

Pinches his nose when he enters our hut.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz