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"It's a bit like playing pin the tail on the donkey with us being partly blindfolded and there being very little donkey left for us to pin the tail on," Sherborne complained.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

A leopard-print high heel-shaped chair, feather boa-framed pin boards, and a host of sequined Hannah-approved ensembles can also be found in the room.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The other justices on the left and center are tougher to pin down.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

That’s when Hurley called “Twelve On”—a trap designed to pin the ballhandler with two players and flood the escape routes with the other three.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

While still in the air, he unscrewed the poison pin, keeping it in its small sheath; he then tossed the silver dollar to the ground below and returned the pin to his pocket.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau