thumbtack
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You’ll also need scissors, white paper, tape, aluminum foil and a pin or thumbtack.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
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
Broadcaster TVE showed a thumbtack that its reporter on a motorbike found on the course.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
In 2017, BuzzFeed News reported a long list of stomach-churning discoveries: A woman unearthed a thumbtack in her Cheerios, and a man bit down on a bone from his box of Frosted Mini-Wheats.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2021
She busied herself with sticking the thumbtack a little tighter into the wall.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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
Both defending champion Remco Evenepoel of Soudal-Quickstep and two-time Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard had punctures, according to their teams, although neither specified if they were caused by thumbtacks.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
It’s as visually pulse-pounding as thumbtacks on a driveway, and an invitation to close one’s eyes and concentrate on the A.S.M.R. pleasure of shuddering steel.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 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
The solution is to dump the thumbtacks out of the box, tack the box to the wall, and stick the candle onto the box.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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