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He was a hammer meeting a nail, traveling to the run down parts of towns all over America to shore things up — to entertain rather than win over audiences.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Surrounded by objects and art made by friends, Herman is happy to host and entertain them in his home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

“You’re invited to relax and entertain surrounded by a stately fireplace, regal archways and a row of leaded glass arched windows framing open-sky views,” the listing notes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Parents had arrived equipped with sandwiches, books, playing cards and colouring paper to entertain their children during the wait for the pope on his way to a makeshift alter down the road.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Just as a president and First Lady host state balls and entertain regularly today, George and Martha Washington had to attend to the business of government and maintain a busy social schedule.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Britain's The Guardian newspaper said the movie "entertains us with creepy campfire tales" but the Hollywood Reporter called it a "dull existential drama" while The Wrap website described it as a "frustrating slog".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

No one entertains the idea that one person’s graffitied tribute to a male gladiator might have been defaced by giving the picture breasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

The paved terrace, for example, is an imitation of a similar space in Palm Beach where the president routinely entertains.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025

The book won Daum the PEN Center USA Literary Award for creative nonfiction; more than a decade later, it still entertains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

He has fallen the tiniest bit in love with Lydia and with the understated, unflustered way she entertains.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The updated policy does not explicitly cite so-called "model welfare," the idea that AI systems might deserve types of protection usually reserved for living things, but Anthropic and its executives have openly entertained the concept.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Here he echoed the sentiment of United's most successful manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, who in 2017 said: "You have a duty to entertain. We have to always remember there's a public to be entertained."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

“The sheer volume of information captured is not something that is entertained, in my view, by the Fourth Amendment,” said Rep. Mitch Little, R-Lewisville.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

Proof, if any were needed, that people prefer to be entertained rather than preached to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Penelope hoped that the presence of her husband did not mean the baroness was now being entertained at the house as well.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

This trip down memory lane is entertaining, but does it really matter if 2006 and 2026 wind up being similar?

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Witchy AF,” executive produced by Lilly Wachowski, is undeniably entertaining.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

His book is a deft and entertaining consideration of recent rock history and the cultural forces that have shaped it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

“And so you just come here with a passion and a goal to be informative and entertaining and be a part of Showtime.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Besides, I began to find her strangely entertaining.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson