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Recent Examples of twiddle
Three years ago, Justin Zheng, an entrepreneur in San Francisco, lay groggy in bed while a group of venture capitalists twiddled their thumbs waiting for him.
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Matt Fuchs, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
Until the field becomes clearer, political media, would-be campaign contributors and California voters will just have to twiddle their thumbs.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it into a compact pedal at your feet – no knob twiddling necessary.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Kingsnorth may be right that Monbiot is a Machine man, intent on twiddling levers to save the world, but, by that standard, so is anyone who makes any green choice at all.
—Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Matt Fuchs, Time, 8 Dec. 2025
Until the field becomes clearer, political media, would-be campaign contributors and California voters will just have to twiddle their thumbs.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Groundhog Audio claims its tech can match the tone from any song and drop it into a compact pedal at your feet – no knob twiddling necessary.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Kingsnorth may be right that Monbiot is a Machine man, intent on twiddling levers to save the world, but, by that standard, so is anyone who makes any green choice at all.
—Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiddle
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Farm to table has pushed restaurants toward seasonal, rotating menus that change based on what local producers are harvesting.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
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German care teams wearing full hazmat suits also rotate in three-hour shifts to care for the doctor.—
Gina Kalsi,
PEOPLE,
22 May 2026
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Intended for builders ages 8 and up, the set includes 333 pieces that can be made into a model of a bush plane, featuring realistic mechanisms like a spinning propeller and adjustable ailerons.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
23 May 2026
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The sexy ground-floor bar and restaurant is already popular with Parisians and features DJs spinning vinyl, along with a creative cocktail and snack menu, overseen by chef Valentin Raffali.—
Lindsey Tramuta,
Travel + Leisure,
23 May 2026
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In 2012, a Chinese OEM obtained Aptera’s intellectual property from one of the company’s creditors, promising that cars—now three-wheeled again—would be on sale by the end of that year.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
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Medical staff with the passenger were also seen wearing protective suits, and the passenger was wheeled into the building in a wheelchair.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Trojan’s starting pitcher Zach Ryan twirled a gem against the Indians allowing two unearned runs on five hits in six complete innings, but Ryan began to tire and walked Bodie Davis and Cole Koeninger to start the bottom of the seventh.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 May 2026
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As the White Sox mounted an eighth-inning rally, dozens of fans, then perhaps a couple of hundred, took off their shirts and twirled them in the air.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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My friends Greg Hildreth and Steven Pasquale came to see the show recently and told me about the revolving bar at the top of the Marriott Marquis.—
Shivani Vora,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Longtime residents might remember the hot dogs and burgers making their way past eager students on field trips at the National Museum of American History’s revolving Carousel Cafeteria, or the large, greenhouse-like McDonald’s inside the Air and Space Museum.—
Fritz Hahn,
Washington Post,
15 May 2026
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Davis’ ability to reflect and respond with his pithy probing of the disagreeing chord turned chaos into something cogent.—
Steven D. Reske,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Video from the scene showed the rollout turning into an almost ceremonial moment, as the garage stopped and watched in silence as the Chevrolet was wheeled out.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
24 May 2026
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Alex Caruso, Jaylin Williams, Jared McCain and Cason Wallace were widely credited with helping swing the game.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2026
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Walls swung away, rolled a ball through the infield that was pinched in and scored Mullins.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
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The woman rolled off on her bike after the encounter.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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His camera performs a rousing restoration of the power often stolen from them, ensuring that by the time the credits roll, they’re finally imbued with the kind of divinity only offered to them in name.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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“Twiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiddle. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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