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Recent Examples of thumb
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
And now: Hardy has evolved since then into a rock star adept at making country music that thumbs its nose at mainstream expectations.
—Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 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
And now: Hardy has evolved since then into a rock star adept at making country music that thumbs its nose at mainstream expectations.
—Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumb
Verb
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Her son, maybe six or seven years old, could effortlessly hitch himself up to the top of the park’s lampposts.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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The wagon, which was hitched to two horses, left the road and all eight passengers on board were ejected, authorities said.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But in the fourth quarter, McCarthy seemed to have flipped a switch.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 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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Four years into his prison sentence, Manchester escaped from an Anson County prison and hitchhiked to Charlotte.—
Zach Dennis,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Sep. 2025
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Crowding out the understory Researchers think Japanese stiltgrass hitchhiked to the United States in the early 1900s.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
28 Aug. 2025
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Recreate her look with these beige tall boots that skim just below the knee.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Auto-renewal clauses that quietly lock in years of fees, conflicting obligations buried in multiple agreements, or vague termination terms that can trigger disputes down the road are all red flags that entrepreneurs might skim past.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Thumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumb. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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