- 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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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