thumbtack
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The methyl group acts like a tiny thumbtack set out on the seat the antibiotic was hoping to take, Polikanov said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
In 2017, BuzzFeed News reported a long list of stomach-churning discoveries: A woman unearthed a thumbtack in her Cheerios, and a man bit down on a bone from his box of Frosted Mini-Wheats.
From Slate ● Mar. 23, 2021
We motored over to Aaron Island, a small thumbtack of wilderness surrounded by water.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2019
You might even wish to write down what you feel, laminate it and thumbtack it to a free-standing bulletin board for all to see.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
I poked the thumbtack into the top of Momma’s picture and walked to the wall that she’d stuck all the pictures of horses on.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Both defending champion Remco Evenepoel of Soudal-Quickstep and two-time Tour winner Jonas Vingegaard had punctures, according to their teams, although neither specified if they were caused by thumbtacks.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 2023
These metatheatrical maneuvers at the beginning and end of “Ava” seem as if they were added last minute with thumbtacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
While we are on ravioli, even if they are stuffed with thumbtacks and rusty pennies, they are better than spaghetti.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2023
“You use thumbtacks, Tiona uses a razor blade,” Sadie Barnette, who shared residency time with her in 2018 at the Skowhegan School, said of her precision.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
Then, without saying anything, he walked over to the picture of the sun, pulled one of the thumbtacks from it and hung his picture beside it.
From "Harbor Me" by Jacqueline Woodson
