dabble
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And now Jose Mourinho has become the latest manager to dabble, picking the 27-year-old in midfield for Real Madrid's Champions League win over Inter Milan on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
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
“Well, I figure we’ll start out using your gifts for good. And then maybe we’ll dabble in evil for a bit, before coming round again.”
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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She also dabbles in other technologies, including quantum computing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
Panahi dabbles in the road movie, the revenge thriller, even the “getting the band back together” comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
The outlet also noted that he dabbles in other forms of puzzling, as well.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2024
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
Growing up in Philadelphia, he had dabbled in design and marketing, which didn’t stick, and found law school too boring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
So Trent dabbled in football, basketball, soccer and lacrosse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He previously lived in Florence, Italy, where he dabbled in opera, travelled by private jet and promoted his rum, wine and fashion brand -- "De la Espriella Style."
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 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
I dabbled my fingers in the bowl of warm water a Ladies' Day waitress set down in place of my two empty ice cream dishes.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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Intrigued, American anglers started dabbling with urchins, and having success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
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
As Syme had done earlier, Winston had taken up his spoon and was dabbling in the pale-colored gravy that dribbled across the table, drawing a long streak of it out into a pattern.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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