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"I welcome Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay who is today joining the AKP family," Erdogan said as Tugay walked onto the stage and was handed a party pin.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
In a video released by Netanyahu's office, passenger Yaniv Hayun described putting the attacker in a chokehold and pulling him out of the cockpit before other passengers helped pin him down.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
More than two centuries after scientists began trying to measure it precisely, that seemingly simple constant remains one of the most difficult numbers in physics to pin down.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
By “put a pin in” it, Roberts meant that the Dodgers didn’t have a timetable for when Ohtani might throw again, making it likely that he won’t pitch again this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
“No words in any language can pin down exactly how life and death function. The closest we can come is by explaining samsara. Are you familiar with the concept?” asked Wish.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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Both men were found wearing necklaces featuring pins to remove the handsets' Sim cards.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
There was a skid, followed by the unmistakable sound of dog meeting trash cans: bowling ball, pins.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
To be sold in the UK, adaptors must not have accessible live parts and only one set of pins should come out at a time.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
I have like six authentic Disney pins here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
The increasing rain pulls stray feathers from her wings and pins them to the mud below.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The U2 story began in those same halls and corridors five decades ago, when 14-year-old Larry Mullen Jr pinned a handwritten note to the school noticeboard.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
There's a bizarre account of discussions in the Royal Family about whether the then-Prince Charles's ears should have been pinned back.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
"That works beautifully as long as everyone agrees the accelerator stays pinned to the floor. It becomes more complicated when the top dogs running the biggest AI engines start discussing speed governors."
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
First, when Orange Lutheran’s punter pinned Basha inside its own three-yard line, Rhoa was the first to come off the sidelines and get excited for his teammate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
She turned away from the portrait, picked up her mourning cap, and pinned it back on her head.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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Clutching a photograph of his missing son, Rajesh Ram is pinning his hopes on DNA testing -- like thousands of others desperately seeking relatives swept away by Nepal's catastrophic Himalayan floods.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Nathaniel Moore went to Las Vegas to see why some lost boys are still pinning their hopes on Bitcoin.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
The U.S. is also pinning some of its hopes on the deal it has made with Venezuela for that country’s crude.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Scott played that way against the 49ers, pinning them deep in their territory more than once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
So I tied my hair back, carefully reassembled myself—I didn’t like pinning my scarf in place, so I usually wrapped it loosely around my head, tossing the longer ends over my shoulders—and reemerged.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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