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As the house legend maintains, the devilish canine, who is seen thumbing his nose mockingly, was born of Alfred’s personal distaste for the police.
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Dan Q. Dao, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
Some states appear to thumb their noses at potential new talent, but not these states.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 13 July 2024
Driving the 2024 Bronco Everglades Edition on everyday runs brings lots of smiles and thumbs up signs.
—Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 23 June 2024
The government lawyer thumbed frantically through his binders.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
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Dan Q. Dao, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2024
Some states appear to thumb their noses at potential new talent, but not these states.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 13 July 2024
Driving the 2024 Bronco Everglades Edition on everyday runs brings lots of smiles and thumbs up signs.
—Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 23 June 2024
The government lawyer thumbed frantically through his binders.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumb
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Long suspected as having hitched his wagon to Elizabeth Warren’s Anti-Crypto Army in exchange for a coveted position in a Democratic administration, Gensler may question his political instincts in the face of a Harris loss.Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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But when the press found out about the impending wedding, Elvis and Priscilla got hitched in Las Vegas instead and saved this residence for their first days as husband and wife.Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
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Trump previously won all three states in 2016, with President Biden flipping them back in 2020.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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In the 2022 November election, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won reelection and Democrats flipped the state House and Senate from GOP control for the first time in 40 years.Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
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If you’re bummed that Amazon Prime Big Deal Days is over, don’t worry.Ali Faccenda, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
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Are you bummed that a J. Edgar-centric spinoff isn’t happening?Rebecca Iannucci, TVLine, 4 Oct. 2024
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
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The trees should leaf out normally.oregonlive, oregonlive, 11 June 2022
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Bob came out of nowhere and hitchhiked to New York City with a guitar on his back.Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
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Think twice before hitchhiking Think twice before trying to catch a ride by waiting on the side of the road in Minnesota.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2024
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Their distribution on the planet was mapped out in greater detail when New Horizons skimmed past the dwarf planet.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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And most of the satire seems content to skim the surface of superhero movie culture.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Thumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumb. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.
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