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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

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

A riled-up Daniel Dubois responded to world champion Fabio Wardley's "bin-man" jibe by vowing to make him pay for showing "disrespect".

From BBC ● May 7, 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

Somehow their brains didn’t jibe well, and there would be long awkward pauses after Francis had thrashed through the merits of a given hypothesis.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

On Wednesday, the usual bad-tempered jibes and angry exchanges witnessed in the political theatre of the weekly Prime Minister's Questions, were replaced by gentle ribbing.

From Barron's ● Jul. 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

Some opera singers hoped that the actor’s jibes might actually prove beneficial for the form in a roundabout way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 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At best, participants in these spectacles fielded snarky jibes about outdated fashion and unsightly grooming; at worst, they were vulnerable to manipulation and torment from the experts tasked with overseeing their transformations.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

Matthias walked onwards, ignoring the cruel jibes of the owl, through the farmyard and across the grassland, not stopping until he arrived at the fringe of Mossflower Wood.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

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

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

The whole thing kind of feels like a rehearsal process, you’re in the studio and you’re just trying things and experimenting and just jibing with the creative team.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2022

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

As this happens, a small wheel will adjust the sails as the spacecraft tacks like a sailboat jibing into and away from the sun’s photons.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2019

Later, she decided to begin homeschooling her son—regular school “wasn’t jibing with his personality,” she says.

From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2013

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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