thumbs up
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After each pitch, the host asks audience members to hold up their paddle, which has a green thumbs up and a red thumbs down to indicate whether they agree or disagree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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
While being couriered to the airport, some British passengers - clad in blue PPE - waved and gave thumbs up as they drove past the assembled media.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
After the hearing, Hill smiled to journalists and gave thumbs up.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Frank S., puffy-eyed and slouching on the bench, gives me two thumbs up.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
He offers Gruel a lazy thumbs-up, accepts the chef’s joke about cooking for a dignitary and immediately turns to the camera to recite the show’s mission statement.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Earlier this year, SpaceX’s request for a smaller expansion was given the thumbs-up.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I get more thumbs-up than with any other car that I’ve had in my entire life.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
"How was the route, guys?" a man asked in one clip, as someone at the back of the lorry gave a thumbs-up.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026
Jam gave her a thumbs-up and then reached across the kitchen island to dap Beloved, who’d reached his fist out from behind his sketchpad, his glasses slipping down his nose.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
Along with 31 thumbs-ups, eight angry faces and several other emojis, the post got 24 comments.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2025
Zoom has a tendency to read “I’m scratching my face” as “I’m raising my hand,” and at least in my experience only responds to the most aggressive of thumbs-ups.
From The Verge ● Apr. 20, 2022
When the jurors were discharged and Guzman stood to leave the courtroom, the couple traded thumbs-ups.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2019
So Abby has earned King's stamp of approval, as well as a string of thumbs-ups in reviews across the country.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2016
She smiles, gives me two thumbs-ups and a look that says, you got this.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
