Example Sentences

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Boris Johnson has said he should have "twigged" the seriousness of Covid sooner, conceding earlier action could have been taken against the virus.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

Most people seem to have twigged the “surveillance” part of the term, but overlooked the second word.

From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2020

Then, eventually, they twigged that we were interested in biodiversity, flora, and fauna, and people started coming in with chameleons.

From The Verge • Aug. 28, 2018

Many people on Wall Street twigged to this a good while ago.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 27, 2017

If Pamela really is the culprit, the evidence was right in front of us, and nobody twigged to it.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman