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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

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