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The loudest sounds were the rattling calls of red-shafted flickers flitting in pinion pines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 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

Some eight of those nearby had been jerking their bills, which he had imitated as if the act were catching, and now, with these same eight, he found himself on pinion in the horizontal air.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

Then it glided down and landed with brisk sweeps of its powerful pinions, and came to a halt on the wooden deck a few yards from Lyra.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

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

He had crewcut hair, a scar across his lip and lay as if pinioned to the bed, eyes wide with fear.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2019

“Why I ever wanted to work there I’ll never know,” Miss Trixie said angrily from among the pillows where Mrs. Levy had her pinioned.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

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 M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis

Arms locked around his chest, pinioning his own arms to his side.

From The Egyptian Cat Mystery by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin