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The novelist Hermann Hesse and the statesman Winston Churchill, both butterfly lovers, figure into her thumbnail survey, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The publication of my crime is not what floods me with anxiety: It’s the thumbnail, taken inside Orange County jail after I’d spent close to a month recovering from a collapsed lung in the hospital.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
The thumbnail shows a smiling teen holding oversized shopping bags.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
Though Nara Smith kept most details about Whimsy’s cancer battle private, the thumbnail for Wednesday’s video appears to be her husband and a doctor next to an MRI machine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
He looked around the market in wonder: there were dozens of fruit stalls, with barrows piled with giant plums the size of watermelons and tiny oranges the size of his thumbnail.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
“With YouTube, a medium with a screen, you have thumbnails, other options competing for your attention and encouraging you to click away,” Martin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
It gave users the option to insert themselves into existing thumbnails and recreate the work of other creators.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
On some occasions, these “faceless” creators have openly boasted about their monetization strategies and how they use A.I. tools to generate thumbnails and titles and even automate their entire workflow.
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2025
“There are certain things you can do with thumbnails to just get clicks, which we’re not interested in,” says Floris Bauer, co-founder and president of Gunpowder & Sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
Jody pulled a swollen tick out of Mutt’s neck and popped it dead between his thumbnails.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
