as in to bind
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic
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Recent Examples of pinion
Haas thus theorized that the victim had been pinioned by both heels to the front of the upright beam either with their legs splayed open, frog-like, or with their knees bent and turned to one side.
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Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
There is only one substantial object in the show, a set of wooden stocks for pinioning the legs of multiple enslaved people.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
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Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
There is only one substantial object in the show, a set of wooden stocks for pinioning the legs of multiple enslaved people.
—Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
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Later in the game, the time to respond is bound to slow down as each player puts concentrated thoughts into the matter.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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Rookie Tristan da Silva, who’s already started 14 games in the absence of Banchero, is bound to take on a larger role, too.Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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The score was tied at 10 early in the second quarter before Arizona State scored the game’s next 35 points to turn it into a rout.The Athletic College Football, The Athletic, 8 Dec. 2024
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The offensive came at a time when Assad’s key backers were tied down or weakened by other conflicts: the Russians in Ukraine, and Iran and Hezbollah with Israel.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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Rusty, a Lab/Chow mix, estimated to be between 10 and 12 years old, was rescued by PETA 10 years after he was found being kept in isolation, chained in a pen, in North Carolina.Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) revealed in a news release that the canine — named Rusty — is finally getting to enjoy his golden years in comfort after a decade spent chained outdoors to a doghouse in North Carolina.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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He isn’t shackled by the fear of failure, the driving force that stifles creativity.Rembert Browne, Billboard, 11 Dec. 2024
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The case involved a 2013 incident in which an ICE agent was moving a shackled and handcuffed detainee from one cell to another.Laura Strickler, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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But right now, the Chargers might be lashed to a log, helplessly bobbing toward a Buffalo buzz saw.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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While some destinations in Spain have lashed out against tourism recently, notably the Balearic and Canary Islands, Barcelona, and Málaga, foreign residents don’t report feeling discriminated against.Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Our vote, secret and simple, not fettered by any AI or the eyes of an authoritarian who threatens those who disagree with him, ensures that our union endures.John D. Witiak, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2024
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Ruskin felt insulted and legally fettered by the verdict.Adrian Dannatt, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
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“Pinion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinion. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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