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
She didn’t shy away from talking money with her young kids after the payday, and had them dabble with stock investing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
I try to dabble with producing here and there because I have ideas, but it’s the real musicians, the real artists that take the ideas that I might pitch out and create something with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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
“Yeah! Maybe they’re famous members of a boy band, and they don’t want anyone to know that they also dabble in western-themed amusement parks because it would ruin their cool pop-star image.”
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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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
Let him take heed, also, how he dabbles in politics or religion.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various
JapanLA first dabbled in livestream shopping during the pandemic lockdown, when it had to close its store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
He dabbled with Fauvism, Austrian Expressionism and Post-Impressionism, but like so many who experiment, these tastes gave way to the hard stuff: Abstract Expressionism and Francis Bacon-inspired figuration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The church, too, dabbled with zero and the infinite, though church doctrine was still dependent on Aristotelian ideas.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Some Premier League clubs are dabbling with pricing a selection of seats dynamically to boost revenues.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
I moved to China for three and a half years, taking full advantage of the local happy hours, dabbling in fine dining and even splitting the cost of a housekeeper with my roommate.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
He later spent time in Hungary, dabbling in nationalist politics and earning a doctorate degree.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
But after years of dabbling in pop and hip-hop, Yungblud seemed to reintroduce himself with the widely praised “Changes” performance as an out-and-out rocker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
Giannini saw Howard rekindling his lost love of horses and thought he should stop dabbling and commit himself fully to Thoroughbred racing.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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