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Sanchez quit school in 1969 at age 15, thumbed his way from Kansas City to Woodstock, got tear-gassed at anti-war rallies, rambled up to Canada to drop acid with draft dodgers.
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Feb. 2025
Defying the law would bring no real legal consequences for the people involved—which is why the Trump administration is already thumbing its nose at court orders.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2025
And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.
—Ramsey Touchberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Feb. 2025
Defying the law would bring no real legal consequences for the people involved—which is why the Trump administration is already thumbing its nose at court orders.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thumb
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The pair got hitched in July 2022 in a romantic ceremony in Tuscany, Italy, after five years together, per Vogue.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Nevertheless, Joe Wright’s lush adaptation of Jane Austen’s second novel hitched Knightley’s star ever higher, establishing her as perhaps the premier period-drama heroine of our time—while also helping to launch people like Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike into the stratosphere.—
Marley Marius,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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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,
1 Apr. 2025
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Scheyer flipped the entire roster, while keeping his same identity with the new personnel, which showed in the team’s metrics.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Fans were still bummed that he was reassigned to minor-league camp.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2025
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For more on Nintendo Switch 2, check out our Switch 2 game wishlist and learn why we’ll be bummed if Switch 2 lacks these features.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
27 Mar. 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
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
Verb
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There were always people hitchhiking on I-80, hoping for a ride across the bridge.—
Nick Newman,
IndieWire,
7 Mar. 2025
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Prosecutors said Grissom, an Arkansas long-haul truck driver who had a lengthy criminal record, picked up Johns, who was hitchhiking, on his way to Oklahoma City to apply for a job.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Enter the hollow-body frog, which will skim over the mats with ease.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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In 2017, a previous version of the car skimmed a cyclist in London, leading to some bad press, so this latest iteration has been programmed not to overtake cyclists, horse riders, or anything slow-moving on the road.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Thumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thumb. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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