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  • a variation of gibe.
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jibe

[jahyb] / dʒaɪb /


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It also wouldn’t jibe with my understanding, at least, of a democratic replacement process.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

A number of the papers pick up on the jibe from a Tory MP who shouted "He's not the Messiah" as Andy Burnham returned to the Commons.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Yet Edward’s recollection is vague and doesn’t jibe with the observations of his doctor and the local constable.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

Having defended himself from Rooney's jibe by insisting the physical demands on players are greater than ever, Maresca made eight changes at Stamford Bridge.

From Barron's Nov. 8, 2025

All that jive doesn’t jibe with Senator Paine’s record.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

"But the strategy makes sense and it jibes with the continual consolidation that's occurring in streaming."

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

This jibes with the challenge hypothesis, which says, in multiple species, testosterone levels rise when males battle for attention from potential mates and go down when it’s time to take care of the young.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

The report questioned how that jibes with the reasons offered by Dozler and his agency: “a work-related phone call, email, or license check by the Department.”

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

At best, participants in these spectacles fielded snarky jibes about outdated fashion and unsightly grooming; at worst, they were vulnerable to manipulation and torment from the experts tasked with overseeing their transformations.

From Salon Jan. 17, 2026

Pitipiti ignored these jibes, but inside her every one of them was like a small sharp spear that cuts and cuts.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

We really jibed, me and Kacie, and me and Anna.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2025

Popov also jibed that Carlson had managed to experience Moscow's modern public transport system during his visit.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2024

Everything he observed jibed with what he knew of Bruegel the Younger, who had painted several works depicting the same scene of a Spanish official collecting taxes from Flemish peasants.

From Washington Post Apr. 4, 2023

But "proper" is a fuzzier concept when you are tightening underlying monetary policy - unlike the 2012-14 period when easier and easier policy jibed with the underlying deflation picture.

From Reuters Jun. 10, 2022

“Ask her where it came from,” jibed Goodwife Cruff, unable to keep silent.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

On record, “Anything For Love” gets a knowing wink with in-studio jibing between Lipa and her producers; here she played it straight as a lofty piano ballad for the back seats on a floating riser.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 5, 2025

It came too close to the top mark after the first leg and at the bottom mark, the New Zealand boat Te Rehutai reared up on its foils, then crashed back after a jibing error.

From Washington Times Dec. 18, 2020

It was a very strange and uncomfortable case of what was actually on screen not jibing with what we were “supposed” to see.

From Slate Dec. 23, 2014

After two days of workshops I was gorged on information, and there was an overall group sense of communion I wasn’t jibing with.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2012

Clouds and rain came up on the wind, which veered and gusted so wildly that there was considerable danger of the ship jibing.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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