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Sanchez quit school in 1969 at age 15, thumbed his way from Kansas City to Woodstock, got tear-gassed at anti-war rallies, rambled up to Canada to drop acid with draft dodgers.
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Feb. 2025
Defying the law would bring no real legal consequences for the people involved—which is why the Trump administration is already thumbing its nose at court orders.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Feb. 2025
Defying the law would bring no real legal consequences for the people involved—which is why the Trump administration is already thumbing its nose at court orders.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumb
Verb
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They got hitched in 2017 but Cardi filed for divorce in 2024 for the second time.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
2 Apr. 2025
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Resume details aside, while one hates to hitch an actress’s castability to something as random and mutable as her appearance, Pidgeon also has exactly the pensive, porcelain-skinned, vaguely patrician beauty necessary to make a credible CBK.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Two of those districts -- Pennsylvania's 8th, represented by Rep. Robert Bresnahan, and Colorado's 8th, represented by Rep. Gabe Evans, were flipped by Republicans in the 2024 election.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
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About a dozen House conservatives ultimately flipped their opposition after receiving assurances from leaders that the Senate would pursue $1.5 trillion in savings, at a minimum.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Fans were still bummed that he was reassigned to minor-league camp.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2025
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For more on Nintendo Switch 2, check out our Switch 2 game wishlist and learn why we’ll be bummed if Switch 2 lacks these features.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 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
Verb
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The first incident describes an alleged rape in 1971 when the plaintiff, then a 14-year-old student, was sent on a hitchhiking errand by a school dormitory counselor to purchase groceries from a nearby Kosher grocery store, Shapiro’s.—
Glynis Kazanjian,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2025
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The complaint alleges that staff regularly sent students unattended to hitchhike for errands.—
Glynis Kazanjian,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Enter the hollow-body frog, which will skim over the mats with ease.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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In 2017, a previous version of the car skimmed a cyclist in London, leading to some bad press, so this latest iteration has been programmed not to overtake cyclists, horse riders, or anything slow-moving on the road.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Thumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumb. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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