tub-thump

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Verb
  • The announcement came on Saturday morning during the Italian Grand Prix weekend, over a year after his last contract extension was announced in June 2024.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Winners would be announced at fairs with ticket holders in the audience.
    Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Seattle’s defense was mostly as advertised.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Kalshi has advertised its sports prediction markets on social media this month using NFL and NFL Players Association imagery without consent, while Polymarket has shared some of the league’s markings in its app without permission.
    Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The mayor and his closest ally in the labor world have been seeking additional CPS funding throughout the district’s budget crisis that blew up much of Johnson’s second year.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Now my parents can log in, scroll to their hearts’ content, and comment on their grandchild’s latest antics without blowing up my phone.
    Daphne Wilder, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Are wealth and success all they're cracked up to be?
    Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Apa and Cline are both cracking up now as Apa drops one more bomb.
    EW.com, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, the president’s criticism of mail-in ballots could risk disrupting the inroads Republicans made with voters last cycle, with the party spending millions promoting mail-in ballots ahead of the 2024 election.
    Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • It was created with the intention of promoting AI fluency and a future-ready, AI-confident workforce.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Season 1 of The Studio was critically acclaimed and nabbed 23 nominations at the 77th Emmy Awards.
    Katherine Schaffstall, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Italian actress Sabrina Impacciatore broke out in the states for her role as hotel manager Valentina in season 2 of HBO’s acclaimed The White Lotus.
    EW.com, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Tub-thump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tub-thump. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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