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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In February, Panama’s attorney general released a binding opinion finding that the port contract was unconstitutional after two Panamanian lawyers challenged the deal.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Apr. 2025
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Supervisors said the authority, which will be created with the departments of Public Works, Regional Planning, Fire and Public Health, will have the final, binding say on permitting issues.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Eligibility for premium subsidies for insurance plans sold in Affordable Care Act marketplaces is also tied to the official poverty level.—
Arthur Allen,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The charges stem from their role in developing Tornado Cash, a crypto mixer accused of helping launder funds tied to North Korean cybercrime.—
Andrea Tinianow,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Read Next National Autistic teen found starved, chained to cot, Ohio officials say.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2025
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Several Columbia University students have chained themselves to a gate to protest Mahmoud Khalil's detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The men, who had their hands and ankles shackled, struggled to walk as officers pushed their heads down.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
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In 2023, Daniel Cortes De La Valle experienced multiple seizures at the facility, and one while shackled during a visit to an outside medical provider, a civil complaint alleges.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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In early March, tropical storm Alfred battered Australia’s heavily populated east coast, lashing the region with damaging winds and heavy rain for several days as hundreds of thousands of homes in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales lost power.—
Edward Szekeres and Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
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However, Cabello lashed out at U.S. authorities, accusing them of unjustly detaining and deporting Venezuelans under false claims of gang affiliations.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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It’s become a common refrain by the government that the president’s executive power cannot be fettered by the courts.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
19 Mar. 2025
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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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“Pinion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinion. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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