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Recent Examples of twiddle
Adding women's football to a simulation as complex as Football Manager isn’t as simple as adding team and player names and twiddling with the graphics.
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Barry Collins, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The kids on the school bus are all twiddling away at their handheld Mattel Electronic Football games and the Health-Ed teacher spends much of the period before lunch inveighing against the dangers of Quaaludes.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Instead, he’s been twiddling a pair of knitting needles.
—Meghan Pryce, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
There is no sitting on the sidelines and no twiddling our thumbs or navel gazing.
—Abc News, ABC News, 5 June 2024
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Barry Collins, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The kids on the school bus are all twiddling away at their handheld Mattel Electronic Football games and the Health-Ed teacher spends much of the period before lunch inveighing against the dangers of Quaaludes.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Sep. 2024
Instead, he’s been twiddling a pair of knitting needles.
—Meghan Pryce, CNN, 1 Aug. 2024
There is no sitting on the sidelines and no twiddling our thumbs or navel gazing.
—Abc News, ABC News, 5 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twiddle
Verb
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These counter height stools have a 360-degree rotating seat, so users can seamlessly swivel to face towards or away from the counter.—
Maggie Horton,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The third slot will see Ella Langley, Anne Wilson, Gavin Adcock and Corey Kent rotating through the show-opening position.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Scientists traced one to the turbulent, magnetically active region around a rapidly spinning star called a magnetar.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Accelerate Gradually Avoid sudden acceleration, which can cause tires to spin.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Keating covered her face with her shirt while Toone, a childhood United fan, wheeled away in celebration.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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The next part of the video jumped to paramedics on the scene, wheeling the grandfather out of the house and into the ambulance.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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They were also printed on blue on white towels for fans to twirl at Ford Field.—
Larry Lage,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Jan. 2025
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Nor does Coppola do her lead or the film any favors by continually cutting away to slo-mo scenes of Anderson twirling around outside and staring forlornly at the horizon, which gives off heavy student-film vibes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan. 2025
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Image Image The next several weeks revolved entirely around his recovery, but Areej was not hopeful that his body or soul would ever heal.—
Alia Malek,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Many of the action showpieces revolve not around Fok, but rather MC Cheung’s young and agile cop Lee, who came up under the inspector’s mentorship and continues to take down bad guys the old-fashioned way.—
James Marsh,
Deadline,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In the playoffs, though, Mahomes turned into Superman.—
Nate Taylor,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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At the very beginning of the app’s popularity in 2020, this discovery capability turned regular posters into household names and industry staples.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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However, after reading the groom-to-be's explanation on Reddit, many users have swung behind him in support.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Both the Lakers and Warriors figure to continue pursuing upgrades between now and the Feb. 6 trade deadline, although neither seems likely to swing a blockbuster trade for another star.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Paul and Gauff then kept the American mojo rolling even further, winning their fourth-round matches over Alexander Davidovich Fokina and Belinda Bencic.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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The company has tested extending the limit to as much as 10 minutes but has held off on rolling that out, leaving the ability to post long videos to non-Reels posts.—
Wes Davis,
The Verge,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Twiddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twiddle. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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