Synonyms for pinning
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Princeton's WordNet

1. pinningnoun

   a mutual promise of a couple not to date anyone else; on college campuses it was once signaled by the giving of a fraternity pin

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1. Bob Casey:

   I should have been more aggressive pinning him down on that, the nature of this is such that it would be a disaster for this administration to allow that policy to change.

2. Julia Bernstein:

   Someone knocked on her door, the lady came out, then actually the chain of events that happened from there are under investigation as to how the gravel load came down onto the woman’s car, pinning her and killing her inside, it was not expected, and it was absolutely an accident.

3. Terrell Davis:

   If Matthew Stafford win this game, if Matthew Stafford wan na win this game, Joe Mixon fingerprint needs to be all over this game because Joe Mixon is an exceptional running back, not only when you're talking about trying to keep The Rams defensive line from just pinning the ears back and going for the quarterback, but you’re talking about a guy who gets the ball out of the backfield. He’s really elusive when he gets those nice plays that he runs.

4. Matt Groening:

   Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

5. Suzanne Scott:

   Of the films Fox is slated to release for the remainder of 2019, Ad Astra seems the one that is most poised to be a crossover success with a wide array of audience demographics, because Fox is coming off of a string of underperforming films they are likely pinning their hopes on this film.