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The publication of my crime is not what floods me with anxiety: It’s the thumbnail, taken inside Orange County jail after I’d spent close to a month recovering from a collapsed lung in the hospital.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The thumbnail shows a smiling teen holding oversized shopping bags.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
The devices created in Lozano's lab are about the size of a thumbnail.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
Gensler’s daughter created the show’s thumbnail art; his son-in-law built its website.
From Barron's ● Apr. 18, 2026
“He’s resourceful,” I whispered, flicking the lid with my thumbnail.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
If you’ve spent even a short while scrolling through YouTube looking for investing content, you’ve seen them—video thumbnails with illustrated flames and maybe a downward pointing arrow warning about the end times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A series of thumbnails of the picture collection shows Ratner, Epstein and Brunel smiling and relaxing with different women, all of whose identities have been concealed.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026
On some occasions, these “faceless” creators have openly boasted about their monetization strategies and how they use A.I. tools to generate thumbnails and titles and even automate their entire workflow.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2025
“There are certain things you can do with thumbnails to just get clicks, which we’re not interested in,” says Floris Bauer, co-founder and president of Gunpowder & Sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
“Gonna start working on my comic zine,” he said, holding up a page on which he’d sketched thumbnails of an eight-page comic.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
