thumb
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A Mediterranean summer on fire has become a genre now, a seasonal rerun we thumb past on the way to something else.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Agencies cannot put a thumb on the scale by taking account of a rule’s costs but not its benefits, particularly when there are established techniques for valuing the benefits.
From Slate ● Aug. 2, 2026
The production’s rule of thumb became trying to execute scenes practically, in front of a lens, wherever possible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Design features include hidden pockets in waist bands, thumb holes, and badge sashes which double as cross-body bags.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
He took his mother’s notebooks and the plastic bag with the thumb drives out of his backpack.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
After the first defendant, O'Dare was sentenced and taken into the dock, people in the public gallery shouted "love you Ash" and gave thumbs up and shouts of support.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
How have they built entire cities and extensive infrastructure with no thumbs?
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
And while such daily interactions are reduced to thumbs slipping over greasy rectangles of glass, pinball is irreducibly concrete: physics and mechanics turned into dazzling entertainment, a silvery dance with gravity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
She gives me a thumbs up, and with a kiss and a warm hug, we say goodbye.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
It was time we stopped sticking out like sore thumbs.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He has largely thumbed his nose at them over the Epstein files.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
In October, I thumbed through snapshots my mother had stashed in albums, envelopes and shoeboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Most do not put their content online; this is journalism meant to be thumbed through, not swiped past.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Guests thumbed through the order of service, which one Muslim guest in the pews said was “very helpful” for navigating the Christian ceremony.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Finally he pulled out a brown spiral notebook with a torn cover; he thumbed through the pages slowly, moving his lips slightly.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
If you are thumbing through the brochure/paperwork, it will be there in black and white.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
And arm yourself with simple pantry staples that you can graze on lazily, ideally while peeling a clementine and thumbing a paperback.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
He points out that engineers are no different from the rest of us when it comes to thumbing through a manual.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
Even just thumbing through the book is an exercise in indulgence, with the descriptions of various dishes sounding outrageously delicious.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2024
Vega was thumbing through stuff on his phone.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
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