pinions

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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