as in morons
a stupid person
no, you're not a dumbbell—this is one of the hardest courses the school offers
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Recent Examples of dumbbells
When analyzing the dumbbells, as many responses to the post have pointed out, the weights more likely read 28 kg, which is equivalent to just under 62 pounds.
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Anthony Pasciolla, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Slowly lower the dumbbells back down to shoulder height with control.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 25 Aug. 2025
Anthony Pasciolla, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Slowly lower the dumbbells back down to shoulder height with control.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbbells
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That's right, thanks to the one and only Taylor Swift for hopping on and deciding to talk with two complete idiots that don't know anything about the music industry.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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This doesn't mean the Furons are idiots who got lucky, though.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Still, as Mann says, members of Gen Z are no dummies.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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But the claim here isn’t that the Snakes are baseball dummies and the Padres are baseball geniuses.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the clip, which has been viewed more than 9 million times, the group hit each other on the head with foam noodles.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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The breast of chicken saute alfredo with egg noodles and sour cream went for $15.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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And the noticeable dips also don’t come for the generations of players who would be expecting to play their peak years for England during wartime either — note the lack of games in the 1940s in the earlier graph.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The company’s stock value has also seen dips in recent months, affecting the overall value of Musk’s shares.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
5 Sep. 2025
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During the competition, the losers are executed and the lone survivor is declared the winner.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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But one this unique and anticipated deserved its own breakdown of winners and losers.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The legislation would force lawmakers to sell all individual stocks within 180 days after the bill is enacted.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Microcaps typically refer to stocks with market capitalizations of between $50 million and $300 million, meaning the companies raised only a few million in the initial public offering.—
Evelyn Cheng,Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, teaching them to play about as well as a seven-year-old human.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Soviet Sputnik 5 carried mutts Belka and Strelka, 40 mice and two rats.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Dumbbells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbbells. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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