thumbtack
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Returning to the thumbtack analogy, Polikanov said the molecule sits on its ribosome seat with such force that it drives the tack into the chair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
“Honey! Did you see the picture of Angie’s labradoodle?” she might ask as I walked into her small white room to thumbtack another family photo to the otherwise bare walls.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2023
You might even wish to write down what you feel, laminate it and thumbtack it to a free-standing bulletin board for all to see.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
One of his fellow riders joked that if there had been a thumbtack on his bike seat, it might have felt better.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2017
A few grains of the powder fell onto the bridge of her nose as she used the thumbtack to stamp a dot above her eyebrows.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
They’ve come to this cesspool to find the villainous Krem, an unrecognizably vile Matthias Schoenaerts with a mug that’s been pierced all over like he face-planted into a pile of thumbtacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
BARCELONA, Spain — Andreas Kron of Denmark won a rainy second stage of the Spanish Vuelta that local media reported was marred when several competitors rode over thumbtacks on Sunday.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
While we are on ravioli, even if they are stuffed with thumbtacks and rusty pennies, they are better than spaghetti.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023
“You use thumbtacks, Tiona uses a razor blade,” Sadie Barnette, who shared residency time with her in 2018 at the Skowhegan School, said of her precision.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
They stuffed this around the doorjamb and fixed it over the knotholes with thumbtacks borrowed from the Fujitas.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
