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Examples

  • 'Pincer Movement ate well last evening and is calm and cool this a.m.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • In a rival group two barns away the trainer of Salad Bowl was saying his colt had the beating of Pincer Movement on the Hialeah form, and could run on any going, sloppy or not.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Pincer Movement had his picture taken for the thousandth time and the runners for the tenth, last, and least interesting race of the day walked over from the barns.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • He had Pincer Movement on his right and Salad Bowl on his left, and when the stalls sprang open he went out between them in a rush, tipping his weight instantly forward over the withers and standing in the stirrups with his head almost as far forward as Crinkle Cut's.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • 'Trainer Harbourne Cressie reports no heat in Pincer Movement's near fore after breezing four furlongs on the track this morning.'

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Regarding Alexandros Petersen's op-ed on Nord Stream ( "The Russo-German Energy Pincer," Sept. 8), Nord Stream is being constructed to satisfy Europeans 'increasing demand for imported gas that is due to dwindling domestic supplies and increased consumption.

    Nord Stream Will Benefit the Whole EU 2010

  • Pincer Movement, Salad Bowl and Crinkle Cut were led from their barns, into the tunnel under the cars and crowds, and out again onto the track in front of the grandstands.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Pincer Movement, Salad Bowl and Crinkle Cut, guarded by uniformed men with guns at their waists, looked over the stable doors and with small quivers in their tuned-up muscles watched other horses go out to the track.

    The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010

  • Pincer grasp: Picks up objects with thumb and index finger.

    Turning On The Motor 2008

  • Do hope that in the next rendezvous toward the end of this year when the Japanese Whalers shamefully returns to the Southern Ocean, Sea Shepherd could have two vessels to confront the Nissin Maru or to exercise a “Pincer Drive” to save Not only half of Japanese Whaling quota but perhaps 80% of it so that the Antarctica Whaling Sanctuary is a real off-limits to the murderous Japanese Whalers.

    Green Pirates Claim Victory on Whaling - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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