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Recent Examples of twiddle
With her grandson still twiddling his thumbs on the bench, Dolores has now become the main attraction.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
But Ragazzi is not the type of man who twiddles his thumbs.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
Season 2 stagnated in part because the story involved a whole lot of doing nothing, as the girls in the past wasted away in the barren winter and the women in the present twiddled their thumbs without confronting each other.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The elites got out of positions quickly, while retail investors were left twiddling their thumbs and absorbing brutal losses.
—Trent Hoerr, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 15 May 2025
But Ragazzi is not the type of man who twiddles his thumbs.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
Season 2 stagnated in part because the story involved a whole lot of doing nothing, as the girls in the past wasted away in the barren winter and the women in the present twiddled their thumbs without confronting each other.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
The elites got out of positions quickly, while retail investors were left twiddling their thumbs and absorbing brutal losses.
—Trent Hoerr, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiddle
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The Patriots have Williams, Christian Barmore, Khyiris Tonga, Joshua Farmer and Cory Durden to rotate in the middle of the defense.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
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Slice the dough as directed, rotating the roll frequently to avoid creating a flat side.—
Jessica Saari Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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Max spins Schadenfreude circles around Christian before towing him back to the boat with another Jet Ski.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
21 Oct. 2025
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The material is washed, processed locally into balls, flakes and/or pellets that meet European industrial standards, and then spun into a high-grade thread, without blending with virgin plastic or chemical additives.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Thirty-seven, Qing Yuan thought when a cleaner wheeled the corpse of a woman into the morgue.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Still, Duclair had time to wheel around the net and find an open Schaefer, who got away from Leddy and scored his second of the season from point-blank range.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the years, the company artists have danced on the grass in the museum’s sculpture court or glided and twirled in the natural light that streams from gallery windows.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Up-and-comer status gifted el Khaleel’s group, Mantronix, with the glory of a four-hundred-dollar gig at the rec center, home to youth basketball games, baton-twirling competitions, after-school child care, and — on occasion — community concerts.—
Jeff Pearlman,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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The county, where per-capita personal income levels are nearly 40% higher than the national median, is also seen as a pioneer for its financing model, which created a revolving loan fund to replace private sources of equity and keep the units owned by the public.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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Beyond supernatural encounters, the Beaux-Arts hotel is also a glittering grande dame of the French Quarter, with a revolving carousel bar, pristine marble floors, and a wooden grandfather clock that’s chimed in the lobby since 1909.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Take a cue from Gal Gadot and scroll on for more sweater vests that will turn your fall layers into a Wonder Woman-worthy outfit.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Anastasia Soare is turning heads and raising brows.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Adam Weirib of Yanks Go Yard recently suggested the Yankees could look to swing a trade for Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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After decades of minimalist, thin-rimmed glassware, the surrealist alternative makes sense within the pendulum swing toward maximalist design and the blurring of lines between art and the purely functional.—
Emily Johnson,
Architectural Digest,
18 Oct. 2025
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Reviewers recommend rolling the waistband to adjust the fit as needed.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the Broncos roll into Week 8 alone atop the AFC West for the first time since Week 4 of the 2016 season.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Twiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiddle. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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