- a variation of gibe.
jibe
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But there was still time for resident villain Horwood to direct a jibe at broadcaster Will Best's hip action: "Call in the paramedics darling, dislocation - my goodness."
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
It also wouldn’t jibe with my understanding, at least, of a democratic replacement process.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
There he meets with his chosen mark: Perla Hildegarda Inclán Arnao, a middle-aged spinster from a fallen family of coffee barons whose reserved nature doesn’t jibe with her passionate letters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
This week, their relationship took a nosedive as tensions flared over the war and a personal jibe directed at Macron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
The words jibe, gibe, and jive are all verbs meaning to “kid” or “heckle.” lay/lie.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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Behind Musk’s jibes is a big battle over in-flight internet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Rachel Major regularly finds herself fending off jibes from rival fans towards Arsenal's growing attendances.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
"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
Everyone enjoyed these jibes immensely, and it gave me pleasure to see my son so happy and confident.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Reynolds's involvement with Wrexham AFC, the second tier Welsh soccer side he co-owns with Rob McElhenney, jibed well with Branagh's avid interest in his preferred English Premier League side, said Goldstein.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
We really jibed, me and Kacie, and me and Anna.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
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
"What can you say, let them try," he jibed.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2022
Then with a thundercrack the boom came swinging round and she jibed and jumped northward like a scared cat.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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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
That part feels the same while jibing with our time of quiet quitting, the gig economy's takeover and late-stage pandemic trepidation.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
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
You’ll see the Hudson from every possible angle as you react to shifts in the air — tacking and jibing, and changing the sail’s orientation to catch the wind.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2019
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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