Thumbing

Is Mantle being pursued for this subsequent breach, with thumbing-of-the-nose contempt, of the Fair Work verdict?

Basildon Council’s cabinet approved returning to weekly collections from spring next year at a meeting on Monday night after a “thumbing majority” of residents “demanded” the change in a consultation.

During a visit to the Lafayette County courthouse archives, I noticed a woman thumbing through mineral rights records.

It was as if Mayor Duterte was thumbing his nose on the ICC and publicly endorsing the strategy used by his father to stop drug addiction in the country despite its dismal failure.

I wonder if this is China indirectly thumbing its nose at the USA?

Richmond can simply hold them to their contracts if they wish, thumbing their nose at the offers from the Suns and Perth teams.

We’ve gone to the trouble of thumbing through everything new on this month to pick out the best of the best, a curated selection of capers, romcoms, action films and even a survival drama that offers a little something for everyone.

For a modern audience whose main concern is convenience, an entire segment dedicated solely to teaching neophytes the ropes is a preferable alternative to thumbing through page after page of a how-to guide.

At different times, we might be the dissolute son thumbing his nose at the Father, or the repentant younger son seeking His forgiveness.

Instead, we get the uneasy impression that he did it all for commerce, thumbing his nose at the traditional concepts of society and art.

It continued building settlements apace, thumbing its nose at the criticism, seeing it as synthetic outrage.

It depicts a bearded father in a turban, the wise son with a on his head, the simpleton thumbing his nose while getting his finger burned by a candle, and the wicked son puffing away at a cigarette with his hand raised in contempt.

Look at the CCJ…our Constitution was as clear as crystal on what happens after an NCM…but without any teeth to enforce their order, the PNC’s merrily thumbing their nose at the “law”.

Protecting and promoting Australia's interests are indeed his duties as the Prime Minister of Australia, but thumbing his nose at the UN should not be one of them.

While fearing impeachment might help Trump win a second term, it hadn’t occurred to me that in this circumstance he might truly run wild with unconstitutional actions and flouting of norms and nose-thumbing at Congress at a level not yet envisioned.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the B.C. NDP can represent their folks by objecting to the Trans Mountain pipeline project within the rule of law - not by "flagrantly thumbing" its nose at it.

But it wasn’t long before most of the CD caucus in the National Assembly was thumbing their noses at him.

She has also polished off her “thumbing for a ride” skills, after repeatedly finding herself cut off from her vehicle by bears when returning.

Their best nose-thumbing of such nonsense is their love for all things metal.

Frailing techniques use the thumb to catch the fifth string for a drone after most strums or after each stroke ("double thumbing"), or to pick out additional melody notes in what is known as drop-thumb.