thumbtack
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Returning to the thumbtack analogy, Polikanov said the molecule sits on its ribosome seat with such force that it drives the tack into the chair.
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
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
One of his fellow riders joked that if there had been a thumbtack on his bike seat, it might have felt better.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2017
I think of Finch and Amanda, and then I look at the closet door, where you can still see the thumbtack holes from my calendar.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
They’ve come to this cesspool to find the villainous Krem, an unrecognizably vile Matthias Schoenaerts with a mug that’s been pierced all over like he face-planted into a pile of thumbtacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
BARCELONA, Spain — Andreas Kron of Denmark won a rainy second stage of the Spanish Vuelta that local media reported was marred when several competitors rode over thumbtacks on Sunday.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 28, 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
Some of them are closer to the size of thumbtacks.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
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