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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
But if that thumbnail sketch makes “Lux” sound like homework, the songs themselves are immediate and visceral, and the singer’s impassioned delivery is an invitation to listen more closely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
His thumbnail twanged the flat iron keys of the instrument, and the sound resonated inside the calabash on his knees.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
They even evolved flat thumbnails, a feature primates also developed for handling food.
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2026
“With YouTube, a medium with a screen, you have thumbnails, other options competing for your attention and encouraging you to click away,” Martin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
In fact, he tried that earlier this year - but faced a backlash from other creators when he released an AI tool which generated thumbnails for videos.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
They spent hours on Zoom, whittling down thumbnails of Basquiat works, deciding what to exhibit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
We hunt fleas and squash them between our thumbnails.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
