entertain
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“How can you advance into leadership roles and entertain clients unless you know how to host, how to read a wine list and how to order?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The signs are there that this team will entertain but as Iraola pointed out in Chicago, it will take time.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
“I remember telling my mom, ‘I just want to entertain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
“But that’s also why we entertain a lot at home. I now have a phone basket that I use to take everyone’s phones away!”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
It was wonderful to have a long book to entertain him and keep him company.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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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
The formula still entertains, sure, but its bite has been blunted by the weight of copycats that came after the first installment.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 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
He entertains her in the back seat of the car when they drive on the highway on Saturday evenings, on the way to dinner parties thrown by their parents’ friends.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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“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
As if those amenities weren’t enough to keep the Hollywood star entertained, the property also features its own ski slope, as well as a tennis court.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He even looked into playing arena football and entertained the idea of playing for the Los Angeles Avengers, but that thought only lasted a day or so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
He entertained mass audiences so successfully that his murder mysteries, spy sagas and innocent-man-accused tales became their own genre: the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, often imitated but never equaled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Pepo, Pepino, and Pepa always come with us and keep us entertained on the walk with their search for the zunzuncito.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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Nolan folds all of that into a hugely entertaining superhero movie without turning it into a lecture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Cesc Fabregas is the manager, so they're a very entertaining team, nice to watch.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Mr. McMullan is an effective antidote to the more bilious goings on—the acting is much more flamboyant in the Atticus story than in Susan’s, which is less entertaining than distracting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The property is “surrounded by lush gardens and features a sparkling pool and spa, creating an idyllic setting for both entertaining and everyday living.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Will you be entertaining much at Manderley, Mrs. de Winter?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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