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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

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

Lazlo’s jibe that it would make him ugly had not missed its mark, but that wasn’t his only concern.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

This time, his eventful stay included being on the receiving end of jibes from Haye, who later called him "weak" and "brittle-spirited".

From BBC Apr. 24, 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

Djokovic is not afraid to go toe to toe with hostile fans, using their jibes to fuel his relentless quest for glory and showing the depth of his competitiveness.

From Barron's Jan. 31, 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

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

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

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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