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pinned

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past tense of pin

as in mounted

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While no retrospective museum exhibit of his creations is in the making, some of Lewitin’s works were recently mounted in Jacaranda, a Los Angeles restaurant on Melrose Avenue.

— R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
The engine, gearbox, wiring loom, and dash all come from a 2017 Honda CBR500 motorbike, with the two-cylinder inline engine mounted behind the single-seat cockpit and driving the rear wheels via a prop.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026

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Argentina attacking midfielder Thiago Almada has been given a one-match ban for unsporting behaviour, while team official Roberto Ayala has been suspended for three matches for one count of assault, and the pair have also been fined $30,000 each.

— Ali Rampling, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Video from the incident showed riders suspended vertically as people gathered below.

— Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

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For the living room, replace lightweight summer throws with chunkier knit, wool, or bouclé blankets draped over the back of a sofa or accent chair.

— Maria Sabella, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026
In a long warehouse in Kandahar’s Zhari district, fans whirl overhead, stirring the hot summer air around bunches of plump, green grapes draped over sticks set up in rows to dry.

— ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

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The Robert Mueller investigation found, among other things, that Putin had dangled a lucrative no-risk deal to Trump during the 2016 campaign.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Bits of grass stuck to her heels, and a clothespin dangled from the hem of her blouse.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

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At Christmas, snow machines cover the grounds while lights are strung through the trees and holiday music plays all day.

— Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
In fact, Jaissle, with his emotional touchline demeanour and obsessive tactical demands, comes across more as a highly-strung indie-rock songwriter/front man.

— Tim Spiers, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

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Late in the first quarter on second-and-10, Armstrong hooked back, beat the defender and gained 17 yards for a first down.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 17 Aug. 2026
That tournament boosted his profile to the public — but Villa boss Unai Emery had already been hooked during pre-match analysis before facing Manzambi’s Freiburg in the Europa League final.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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