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Recent Examples of gimlet
Louisa Catherine Adams, John Quincy Adams’s wife, had gimlet eyes, a satirist’s wit, and a sharp pencil.
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2016
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimlet
Verb
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This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
15 Sep. 2023
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Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.—
Mallory Creveling,
Health,
3 Sep. 2023
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That’s because the quick-drying fabric of these pants is perforated throughout, promoting air flow on hot, humid days.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
13 July 2025
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Approximately five metres across, it was made of sheet metal perforated with a star map.—
Martin Bush,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
Verb
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There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.—
Paula Schleis,
cincinnati.com,
2 May 2020
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And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.—
Erik Heinrich,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 May 2018
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.—
CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.—
Lily Katzman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2020
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To Bondi and her allies, the outdated portraits offered proof that the department was riddled with suspect personnel seething at the election results.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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The deployment of the National Guard and Trump's growing influence over D.C. police activities are being decried by D.C. residents — including John Smith, who said Trump is exaggerating about the city being riddled with crime.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
17 Aug. 2025
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The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal.—
Caitlin Kelley,
Billboard,
24 Mar. 2019
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Apparently, there's now a new twist on the classic shape, looking a little more modern with an oval center stone and spiky pronged diamonds surrounding it.—
Katherine J. Igoe,
Marie Claire,
2 Aug. 2019
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Apart from at the very top of the tree, which presumably pokes through Florentino Perez’s office window at Real Madrid, there are no solutions, only trade-offs.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
18 Aug. 2025
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Gavin Newsom continues to mock Trump on 'Bela' The California governor's office has taken to mimicking Trump's social media style in posts trolling the president and generally poking fun at Republicans online.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
18 Aug. 2025
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California Governor Gavin Newsom is punching back at President Donald Trump — in memes and capital letters.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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Miami’s first offensive drive of the Bears game was spoiled because of the team’s inability to punch the ball into the end zone on four goal line runs.—
Omar Kelly
August 15,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Gimlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gimlet. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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