She crossed her arms across her chest with a defiant look as if expecting him to gibe her. |
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Gospel writer John's point in putting this line in Jesus' mouth is almost certainly to take a gibe at the Temple elite. |
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Voltaire's gibe about the Holy Roman Empire was literally true but, like all such glib gibes missed the essential point. |
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Kelly concludes with a gibe at his colleagues' casual derogation of the blogs. |
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The gibe could not be further off the mark, for he is in fact a very proud Jew. |
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It is all very well for Tariq Ali to gibe at India's neo-liberal economics, but this, alas, is the only show in town. |
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The jib or projecting arm of a crane probably derives from gibbet, and gibe and gybe are often written jibe. |
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Judith couldn't resist the gibe and regretted it as soon as Emma rounded on her. |
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A bid for a permanent seat on the Security Council does not gibe with the true picture of Japan's nature at all. |
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But I suspect it was simply an insult, perhaps in retaliation for Miliband's mild earlier gibe at Paxman's importance. |
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Today one can easily gibe at the show's glaring seams and stitches. |
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Britain can help other non-euro countries who gibe at the new treaty's strictures as well as euro-zone countries that want to resist protectionism or over-regulation including Germany. |
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Calves and ankles: it is necessary to consider the calves and the ankles together to keep a harmonious line since a thick ankle upon a very fine calf would gibe an awkward look. |
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