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
Keeping your back straight, lift the dumbbells up to your sides, keeping your elbows close to your body.
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Danielle Zickl, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
That includes rare discounts on Hoka sneakers, Garmin’s Fenix 8 and reliable dumbbells for home workouts.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
For beginners, a version using two light dumbbells is a good introduction.
—Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Dumbbell Biceps Curl Stand holding dumbbells at your sides, palms in.
—Greg Presto, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
Danielle Zickl, Health, 12 Jan. 2026
That includes rare discounts on Hoka sneakers, Garmin’s Fenix 8 and reliable dumbbells for home workouts.
—Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
For beginners, a version using two light dumbbells is a good introduction.
—Gretchen Reynolds, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Dumbbell Biceps Curl Stand holding dumbbells at your sides, palms in.
—Greg Presto, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbbells
Noun
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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This happens often enough when one administration succeeds another, to be sure, with the new team insisting that its predecessors were idiots, but the Hegseth Pentagon carries such insults to a new level.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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As Venus points out in his confessional, the problem here is Marcus, who keeps making both of them look like idiots.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026
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Becker, 31, is one of the few young adults pursuing the fading art, which sees her sharing a stage with two dummies named Jerry and Ronnie.—
Greta Bjornson,
PEOPLE,
23 Dec. 2025
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Step inside the plant with these photos to see the step-by-step process of developing the dummies.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
17 Dec. 2025
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Cheeses, meat, and veggies are layered between the soft noodles.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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This hearty make-ahead brunch casserole features Italian sausage, purchased Alfredo sauce, hash browns, mozzarella cheese, oven-ready lasagna noodles, and cottage cheese.—
Hannah Agran,
Midwest Living,
6 Jan. 2026
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Hosting a Super Bowl watch party involves stocking up on tasty snacks, dips, and small bites to help keep hungry football fans satisfied for hours.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
30 Jan. 2026
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Data from the state's Bureau of Finance & Management indicates several months measured in FY2025 saw dips in sales and use tax growth.—
Dominik Dausch,
Sioux Falls Argus Leader,
29 Jan. 2026
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Many people envision salary discussions as adversarial encounters with winners and losers.—
Kwame Christian Esq,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Analyst Ben Snider and his colleagues warn that the slowing growth rate of AI capex will force investors to choose winners and losers.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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When DeepSeek released its R1 model in late January 2025, claiming performance comparable to OpenAI's frontier models at a fraction of the training cost, tech stocks cratered.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Several of Wall Street's most influential stocks are also set to deliver their latest earnings reports this week.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
27 Jan. 2026
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Two dogs came into the living room to inspect the uproar, mutts from the reservation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 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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“Dumbbells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbbells. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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