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DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin accused Outlaw and Jackson of thumbing their noses at the criminal justice system and allegedly committing another crime while on pre-trial release.
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Perhaps equally repugnant is the thought that a magazine that once thumbed its nose seems to have shifted its hand and sadly scratches an ear.
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
With the sixth round of negotiations just two days away, however, Israel thumbed its nose at the United States and launched an attack on Iran anyway.
—Ron Paul, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
After all, North Korea has gotten away with thumbing its nose at the international community and refusing to disband its nuclear arsenal.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2025
Perhaps equally repugnant is the thought that a magazine that once thumbed its nose seems to have shifted its hand and sadly scratches an ear.
—John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
With the sixth round of negotiations just two days away, however, Israel thumbed its nose at the United States and launched an attack on Iran anyway.
—Ron Paul, Oc Register, 10 July 2025
After all, North Korea has gotten away with thumbing its nose at the international community and refusing to disband its nuclear arsenal.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumb
Verb
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She’s hitched from Novi Sad, where the railway station collapsed in December.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Except that in this case, she was already hitched to the glamour dude.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Georgia has emerged as one of the nation’s most pivotal battlegrounds, flipping to President Joe Biden in 2020 and back to Trump in 2024, and delivering Democrats two Senate seats, even as Republicans have held the governor’s mansion for over two decades.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The flip-up straw makes for easy sipping, and the lid closes with a snap to prevent accidental leaks.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That’s what was bumming him out.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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To be this close over and over is really bumming me out.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Trees are leafing, birds are chirping and the mere thought of sending a Microsoft Teams or Slack message feels like an affront to Mother Nature; spring has finally sprung in Indianapolis.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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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
Verb
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His career began by flipping Whoppers at Burger King, hitchhiking across the world, and living off of food stamps.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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For years, Apple required that all in-app purchases be processed through its App Store and skimmed 30 percent off each transaction.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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Now, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is floating a plan to skim half the patent earnings from inventions developed at universities with federal funding.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Thumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumb. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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