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Here’s a simple rule of thumb for assessing all these claims: None of them is true.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
"In Spain, they really appreciate my IQ and quality because at Barca, if you're not technical, if you're not smart, you're going to stand out like a sore thumb."
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Even after recognizing other financial benefits of ownership, such as a tax code that puts a thumb on the scale toward buying, opportunity cost makes the returns to homeownership considerably less spectacular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
When it comes to shopping for accounts, however, there are good rules of thumb.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Glory was biting her thumb nervously, and Llewelyn scratched between his antlers.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
The BBC asked Witkoff how the meetings had gone as he was leaving the UN building and he responded with a thumbs up.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
A 10-second video of the press yelling at McConnell to speak or give a thumbs up — with seemingly zero response from the senator — has gone viral.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2026
Now she got her thumbs underneath the tape.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Hispanics gave them the thumbs down, 69% to 31%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
And like everything else on this barbaric planet, they were designed for opposable thumbs.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
He has largely thumbed his nose at them over the Epstein files.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
In October, I thumbed through snapshots my mother had stashed in albums, envelopes and shoeboxes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
To ready her body, she ordered in Japanese last night, then had somebody administer an IV vitamin drip as she thumbed through an issue of the New Yorker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
Guests thumbed through the order of service, which one Muslim guest in the pews said was “very helpful” for navigating the Christian ceremony.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 3, 2024
Finally he pulled out a brown spiral notebook with a torn cover; he thumbed through the pages slowly, moving his lips slightly.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
The speed of that reversal makes it tempting to see the latest ruling as a district judge thumbing her nose at the high court.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
If you are thumbing through the brochure/paperwork, it will be there in black and white.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 24, 2026
Christina Ramberg and Martha Edelheit upend notions of sexiness in their paintings, thumbing their noses at the “male gaze.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
He points out that engineers are no different from the rest of us when it comes to thumbing through a manual.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
While thumbing toward the Bible section, I came across a list of phobias arranged into various classifications.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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