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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimps
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Major marine war risk providers have started to scrap cover for vessels operating in the Persian Gulf as the fallout from a sudden security shock hobbles key shipping routes in the region.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026 -
Carolyn switches her nail color from a bold red to a blander shade; John hobbles out of his George magazine office wearing a cast on his left ankle due to a paragliding accident.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Jan. 2026
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Falsehood scales instantly; correction limps behind.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Every time one player returns to the court, another limps off.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2026
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In a comedy special released last week, the thirty-nine-year-old comedian prances around the stage in a purple jumpsuit and sparkly red shoes, riffing on millennial-friendly topics such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Fleet Foxes.—
Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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This new era of disorder is defined by competing powers, shifting alliances, and transactional deal-making that in turn undermines global cooperation, enables conflicts fought for power and influence, and tramples protections for the most vulnerable.—
David Miliband,
Time,
16 Dec. 2025
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So much of Train Dreams has to do with seeking out the soul of the American nation in the land and the forests and the hills but also in the pioneering human impulse that tramples and levels those same forests and hills.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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“Gimps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimps. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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