Thesaurus / jumbo
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On jumbo screens at each end of the hall, we watch our votes being tabulated — arrived at collectively, one per table.
ANN DOWD, THE TWISTED AUNT LYDIA OF ‘HANDMAID’S TALE,’ BEGUILES IN A NEW TAKE ON IBSEN’S ‘ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE’PETER MARKSJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSuch declarations are par for the course here, and their mixture of mumbo-jumbo and outright certainty is enough to make one frequently chuckle.
THE REAL-LIFE ‘DEMONIC’ MURDER THAT INSPIRED ‘THE CONJURING’NICK SCHAGERJUNE 11, 2021THE DAILY BEASTCleaned of any shell, jumbo lump crab is first dredged in a mix of eggs, mayonnaise, lemon juice and hot sauce.
GET YOUR MARYLAND CRAB FIX AT THE POINT CRAB HOUSE, ALONG WITH ACE SERVICE AND A WATER VIEWTOM SIETSEMAMAY 14, 2021WASHINGTON POST“Hi Mommy, Y in the sky,” he says, expecting me to respond “T in the sky”—clearly mumbo-jumbo to outsiders, though it makes perfect sense to me.
THE TOLL PANDEMIC ISOLATION TOOK ON ME AND MY AUTISTIC SONLISA WOLFSONMAY 1, 2021QUARTZAll the market segments covered by our subindexes increased over the month, notably government and jumbo indexes.
FIXED MORTGAGE RATES UPWARD MARCH HALTED AS THEY FALL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 7 WEEKSKATHY ORTONAPRIL 8, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe had leaped very smartly to this point of vantage, nevertheless he found Jumbo there before him, chattering worse than ever!
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNEHad his legs been longer, Fred Greenwood would have pronounced him the equal of Jumbo himself.
TWO BOYS IN WYOMINGEDWARD S. ELLISThereupon he asked me, even as you did some time ago, what I meant by Mumbo Jumbo?
LAVENGROGEORGE BORROWMe Jumbo—come to lay breakfast, and cappen say you hab what you like ask for, especially someting nice for de young lady.
THE MISSING SHIPW. H. G. KINGSTONThey kept up the jumbo sail, as the main jib is called; they reefed the foresail down to its smallest compass.
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