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Example sentences for: pinning

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Nike is pinning its comeback on its one incontrovertible success: Michael Jordan's endorsement.
For clothes, they wove the cloth in person-sized widths and lengths--no cutting off the bolt--and garments were created by draping, pinning, or wrapping them onto the body.
Oh, and regarding your last letter's comment about Gore pinning Bradley to the floor and lying on top of him, its a good idea, but somehow I don't think it'd work, because that's obviously what Tipper's been doing to Al herself since their first teen-age (but presumably non-rock 'n' roll concert) date.
Instead the talk is increasingly of a resurgent, nationalist Russia, pinning its hopes of salvation on a strong leader.
(Also, isn't pinning today's celebrity culture on rock letting the tabloids, glossies, talk shows, Hollywood, etc., etc., off a bit easy?