dabbling

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But dabblings in more advanced forms of home improvement have been unequivocal failures.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Lothar’s chief nemesis is an all-powerful enchanter known as the Guardian, whose own private dabblings with the Fel — basically the Dark Side of the Force, but with fewer syllables — do not bode well for humankind.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2016

This line of thinking leads to the book's occasional dabblings in scholarship, and the results are often ludicrous.

From Time Magazine Archive

To the chagrin of many State Department regulars, who look with concern on Salinger's diplomatic dabblings, the President promptly approved the trip.

From Time Magazine Archive

These were not mere dabblings but wholehearted devotions.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson