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Eli Manning In 2012, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning gave his Super Bowl XLVI victory celebration with Mickey Mouse a big thumbs-up during a parade at Walt Disney World.
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Kate Hogan, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
But the odds of RFK Jr.’s defeat are shrinking, and Cassidy’s thumbs-up may one day be remembered as the mirror image of John McCain’s thumbs-down from 2017, when that independent-minded senator doomed Trump’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The streaming giant has given the thumbs-up to a reboot of the NBC television series that aired for nine seasons in the 1970s and early 1980s, which was based on the popular book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Jan. 2025
First came Bob Dylan acting out A Complete Unknown before giving the thumbs-up to James Mangold, now Rebecca Hall getting a pronunciation guide from Linda Rosenkrantz.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
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Kate Hogan, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
But the odds of RFK Jr.’s defeat are shrinking, and Cassidy’s thumbs-up may one day be remembered as the mirror image of John McCain’s thumbs-down from 2017, when that independent-minded senator doomed Trump’s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
The streaming giant has given the thumbs-up to a reboot of the NBC television series that aired for nine seasons in the 1970s and early 1980s, which was based on the popular book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
—Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Jan. 2025
First came Bob Dylan acting out A Complete Unknown before giving the thumbs-up to James Mangold, now Rebecca Hall getting a pronunciation guide from Linda Rosenkrantz.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Thumbs-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thumbs-up. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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