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But in hot, drought-stricken mixed forests, bark beetles first land on nearby limber and pinion pines, generating new broods that can attack bristlecones, overwhelming their defense systems.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
Engineering-wise, the Next Gen car includes an independent rear suspension and rack and pinion steering that’s more reactive to slight driver adjustments.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2022
There are a few attempts to pinion Vera, but something in the character keeps sliding out and away.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2019
WHY: The steering coupling can strip on the rack and pinion assembly and result in a loss of steering control and crash hazard.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2016
They were very small to look at, yet he knew, somehow, that they were huge, with a vast stretch of pinion, flying at a great height.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
They are large, high-value parts with dozens of components, including ring gears and pinions, specifically made for GM’s trucks—and thus not easily substituted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Those presidents by and large left the architectural pinions of the institution intact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2019
“I began to feel an invincible distaste for the same; & a longing to plume my pinions for a flight,” he explained.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019
Creating life from pinions and pivots and tiny screws may be the easy part.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2016
LeVisqueux dumped the contents of his knapsack on the floor: a rope, some pinions, a pair of pulleys, and a stack of nylon tote bags with drawstring tops.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
She had her wings pinioned by previous owners, meaning she is unable to fly.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025
Controversial newsmakers—Monica Lewinsky, Tonya Harding, Lorena Bobbitt among them—had the term pinioned to them like a scarlet letter, stripping away their accomplishments and leaving only scorned husks of their real selves.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025
It was like peering onto another planet, one that was desolate and depleted and doomed, all of it pinioned by a noxious ozone.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2022
Sound had arrived in 1927, and, after a couple of awkward years, the film image, at first pinioned by the microphone, broke gloriously free.
From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016
Matthias undid the twine that pinioned the sparrow’s wings, and Warbeak flapped her wings experimentally.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
A plan called "Sea-sitter" envisioned pinioning minimissiles on a fleet of roving seaplanes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Matthias had relieved the sparrow of her brick hobble, pinioning her wings, make the going easier.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Christopher loved his father, but it felt like being nailed down, pinioning them both to the ground.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
If she would save him it behooved her to act quickly, for she could see a man pinioning his arms.
From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various
Pat Rooney was sitting on his chest, his knees pinioning his arms, and clutching each of his broad shoulders with a vigorous hand.
From North, South and over the Sea by Francis, M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell)
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