- a variation of gibe.
jibe
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It also wouldn’t jibe with my understanding, at least, of a democratic replacement process.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 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
Stepped-up bill issuance by the Treasury would jibe with the Fed’s announced end of quantitative tightening, which was anticipated.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2025
Nucifora had a little jibe of his own, all before the Lions plane took off for Perth.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
The officer gives me a look that doesn’t seem to jibe with the fact that I just caught them a criminal.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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"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
But for some festival-goers, the choice of location was not welcomed - with ticket-holders taking to social media to make jibes about the distance of the venue from its namesake city.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 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
As “Asta’s son,” I was oft the butt of jests, jibes, and relentless hounding.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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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
Their results initially jibed with the annual count, falling within five percentage points above or below it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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
“Ask her where it came from,” jibed Goodwife Cruff, unable to keep silent.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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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
In midsummer, it is so packed with sailboats that were it an aquatic parking lot for a big box store, you’d be tacking and jibing forever before you found a space.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2014
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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