jib
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She also uses a floating router jib for most of their joinery since the machine can’t rest on the wood’s uneven surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Byers started thinking about imaginary books 15 years ago, when he was having a jib door — a door disguised as part of a wall of bookshelves — made for his private library.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
Apparently RFK Jr vetted him this week and really liked the cut of his jib.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
To borrow the old sailing expression, they liked the cut of his jib.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2024
By then Hamilton had the gaff and boom under control and I pulled down the jib.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
You swerved; you shied; you jibbed; you baulked.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2016
But the leaders of the 125-lawyer firm jibbed at his demands.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when Congress jibbed a bit, the President said he could accept a $1.3 billion "bookkeeping" cut.
From Time Magazine Archive
The led horses, after their first fright, jibbed at the reins and struggled to get free.
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Talbot Baines Reed
Whenever I got to that point my thoughts jibbed.
From A Woman's Experience in the Great War by Louise Mack
Security Minister Dan Jarvis said that the problem was a recurring one, telling MPs that "forced entry, tailgating, and so-called jibbing, are not victimless acts".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
You find the jibbing echos of the movement in Rom-Coms like "Scott Pilgrim Versus the World" today.
From New York Times ● Sep. 17, 2016
Former House Speaker John Boehner cried frequently enough during his tenure that it became expected—so at least the jibbing he received didn’t make him feel the need to hide his emotions.
From Time ● Feb. 8, 2016
Eric Crozier is here and doing his stuff without jibbing, and I seem able to turn honest English prose with duetinnos or arias when required to do so.
From The Guardian ● May 6, 2010
This she did most neatly but none the less completely by running her nose into the resistless structure of the jibbing seaplane.
From Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
