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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
Following in the audaciously silly footsteps of "The Book of Mormon" and "Spamalot," "Something Rotten!" is a Broadway musical that sets out to pinion you with laughter.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2017
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
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