dabble

Many entertainers dabble in tech with a party-round investment or vanity app.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

There is no shame in Gyllenhaal’s game, and her honest excitement to dabble with references and emotion is refreshing, even when these moments grate.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

But many people also dabble in corporate bonds and real-estate investment trusts, commodities like gold and silver and, more recently, cryptocurrencies.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

Vijay's reasoning was explicit: politics, he argued, is not something one can dabble in.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

She did not dabble with minnows at the surface when there were thirty-pound salmon swimming deeper down.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

She also dabbles in other technologies, including quantum computing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

In it, she dabbles in fiction, examines hardships in Gaza and continues to bend literary genres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

John Evans, a sound technician who dabbles in acting, writing and producing, points to Netflix's loving restoration of The Egyptian Theatre along iconic Hollywood Boulevard as a sign of their good faith.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

“When you’re watching it, the style changes every five to 10 seconds,” says Reed, 38, a longtime “Frasier” fan who dabbles in visual arts that riff on pop culture.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023

The simplicity of beauty is very limited, and he who dabbles in infinite decompositions of color will be certain to encounter turbid and unnatural tones, whose ultimate result will be an inharmonious and disunited whole.

From The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

So Trent dabbled in football, basketball, soccer and lacrosse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It has dabbled in value with its $10.99 “Boardwalk Bundle,” while also using limited-time offerings such as its popular chicken salad to broaden its appeal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

"I've never followed it religiously, but I dabbled in a little bit of weight training and I tried running, although I didn't like that very much," said Bill.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Before launching his presidential bid, De la Espriella lived in Florence, Italy, where he dabbled in opera, jetted around in private planes and promoted his rum and wine businesses.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Lowell dabbled in astronomy as a young man, went to Harvard, secured a semi-official diplomatic appointment to Korea, and otherwise engaged in the usual pursuits of the wealthy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

She grew up wanting to play basketball and dabbling in football, but she has been the de facto face of women who play baseball without picking a bat up for a half-decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

The 32-year-old began dabbling in the music world back in the 2010s, but his work really picked up steam in 2020 when his debut album Dissimulation shot to number two in the UK charts.

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

He later spent time in Hungary, dabbling in nationalist politics and earning a doctorate degree.

From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026

And it been dabbling with artificial intelligence to see if it would be useful.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026

But in this world, you can be right, or you can be safe, and the type of danger Ollie is dabbling in makes my own work look like nothing.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse