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entertain

[en-ter-tayn] / ˌɛn tərˈteɪn /




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St. Francis started keeping track of dunks last season, so expect that to continue, and the Golden Knights figure to attract and entertain fans with lots of dunks from their big men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Your average pickup buyer, even if they could afford the Cybertruck, didn’t have much incentive to entertain Musk’s vision.

From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026

Another newcomer to the industry, Sam Cohen, makes videos about his misadventures after buying a laundromat in Old Bridge, N.J., hoping to entertain his small following.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Villa entertain Norwegian side Viking in their third Champions League match of the season on Wednesday before hosting a Manchester City side that have won all seven of their Premier League matches this season.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

I really am just something to entertain them.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Britain's The Guardian newspaper said the movie "entertains us with creepy campfire tales" but the Hollywood Reporter called it a "dull existential drama" while The Wrap website described it as a "frustrating slog".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

The formula still entertains, sure, but its bite has been blunted by the weight of copycats that came after the first installment.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

Host and journalist Anders Kvaal entertains both sides of the fracas with his ears open and his mouth largely shut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

The paved terrace, for example, is an imitation of a similar space in Palm Beach where the president routinely entertains.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025

Lily may be the least helpful helper in the family, but she entertains me with screamed renditions of Disney songs and informs me when she thinks my T-shirts are ugly.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“Because they want the details, but also for the casual fan to be able to understand and follow the game and maybe be entertained at the same time. It’s a delicate balance.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

The updated policy does not explicitly cite so-called "model welfare," the idea that AI systems might deserve types of protection usually reserved for living things, but Anthropic and its executives have openly entertained the concept.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Inside government and out, people were forced to think thoughts they’d never entertained before: Are my kids safe?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“The sheer volume of information captured is not something that is entertained, in my view, by the Fourth Amendment,” said Rep. Mitch Little, R-Lewisville.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mrs. Platt was a woman of some substance whose late husband had entertained Dr. Trefusis and Mr. Gitney upon occasion.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Only now, she takes center stage at her most unfiltered, turning her own experiences into a high-energy hour that is relentlessly entertaining and at times hilariously uncomfortable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The result was the whimsical, entertaining and perhaps persuasive tutorial one would expect from this trio, with laughs aplenty peppering Tyson’s scientific explanations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

“That entertainment can be entertaining and has the capacity to do that,” he told the Journal, “is something that I think we have to be very proud of.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The glass-lined living spaces connect to the balcony, extending the home’s entertaining options outdoors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

Everyone laughs at Justin’s jokes, but it quickly becomes obvious that while he’s entertaining, he hasn’t done a whole lot of actual research yet.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan


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