dabble
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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
Such has been the rise of artificial intelligence in everyday life, even Premier League managers are now beginning to dabble in it for those marginal gains.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But not having the program dabble in political humor is a business decision.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
Coinbase’s recent announcement made some social-media users wonder if it was actually a good thing for nontechnical staffers to dabble in coding, even with AI assistance.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
He had been working hard for thirty years and, bad as it was for him in some ways, camp did allow him time to dabble with hobbies he would never have found time for otherwise.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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
His company rides industry cycles up, down and sideways, and dabbles in woodworking when there’s a lull.
From Seattle Times ● May 31, 2024
The headliner, a New Zealander called Mike Boon, moved back home with his Dundee-born wife and became a teacher who dabbles in comedy for children.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2024
She dabbles on the cool and sluicy sands:
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin
So Trent dabbled in football, basketball, soccer and lacrosse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A teacher by profession, Rocha has dabbled both in academia and politics throughout his career.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 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
Some restaurants also dabbled with beverages featuring a generic energy drink base.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 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
Companies are also dabbling with artificial intelligence to see if AI can replace some jobs, particularly entry-level positions typically filled by young people.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Some Premier League clubs are dabbling with pricing a selection of seats dynamically to boost revenues.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
He later spent time in Hungary, dabbling in nationalist politics and earning a doctorate degree.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2026
Witkoff had befriended two internet marketers dabbling in crypto, and suggested a meetup with the Trump sons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
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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