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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His strict and meticulous methodologies taught some of the smartest people on the planet how to behave like complete idiots, paving the way for a new generation of red-nosed fools to pratfall onto the stage.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2026
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Franchises are lost because of proud idiots.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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The trophies handed out during the Grammys presentation are dummies that are reused each year.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
30 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
Noun
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Use a Towel for Air Drying Pool noodles get their vibrant colors from highly pigmented artificial dyes that could easily bleed onto your garment or tapestry and cause a completely new laundry crisis.—
Candace Madonna,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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Northern Chinese cuisine tends to have dumplings and noodles; southern Chinese meals rely heavily on rice cakes.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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This versatile dairy staple can bulk up a breakfast smoothie, anchor a marinade for lamb and other meats, form the base of classic dips like tzatziki, and transform ice pops into high-protein, healthy desserts—adding tang, tenderness, and creaminess along the way.—
Joe Sevier,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Feb. 2026
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Growth time can shift due to sunlight, temperature dips, or humidity imbalance, so conditions play a big role.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
9 Feb. 2026
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The public and private markets have decided that infrastructure companies and the top model developers are the AI winners, while software companies are the likely losers, regardless of how strong their businesses may look today.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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Investors are starting to pick AI winners and losers.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026
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And every time stocks have rallied, an equally relentless wave of skeptics has pared those gains.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Semiconductor stocks — Stocks across the semiconductor industry fell following a South Korean media report that Samsung will begin producing next generation, high bandwidth memory chips as soon as this month.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
9 Feb. 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 16 Feb. 2026.
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