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fiddle

[fid-l] / ˈfɪd l /


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These records feature the fiery jazz-and-blues-infused fiddle playing of Scott Stoneman, a fellow wild seed and veteran of the D.C. bust-heads.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

He may have played second fiddle behind France team-mate Mbappe in terms of headlines, but the Bayern Munich winger has been at his creative best so far.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

We can’t truly know the ERP unless we know what the market will return, and if we knew that, we wouldn’t have to fiddle with theoreticals about whether we’re being compensated enough.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

Without it, the IRS will happily play you like a fiddle.

From MarketWatch May 8, 2026

The fiddle fig presses against the other wall in the nook, just across from the fern.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

As Sunday night turned into Monday morning, and the strains of fiddles and flutes drifted through the city streets, people hailed the success of Belfast's first ever All-Ireland Fleadh.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The problem was that his series of tweaks and fiddles had turned his team into a barely coherent collection of walking wounded and players lined up out of position.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Bro-country hitmaker Jason Aldean debuted in 2005 with “Hicktown,” a single that paired screaming fiddles with distortion-drenched guitars to celebrate the ways single-stoplight towns make their own fun.

From Salon May 16, 2025

“I just loved it. I loved the music, I loved the tempos of the mandolin and ... I loved the fiddles, too,” Williams says.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2024

She pops the hood, fiddles with some wires, then pulls a toolbox from the trunk.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

For years, the egg has ruled the breakfast table like a sun god—worshipped, aestheticized, endlessly fiddled with by men in starched aprons and women with ring lights.

From Salon Nov. 13, 2025

Sitting at a park picnic table in Crystal City, Virginia, the morning light casting shadows over his face, Wall fiddled with the strap on his backpack.

From Slate Oct. 8, 2025

Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2025

On 99, Atkinson fiddled nervously at Kumara and could have given an edge.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2024

Alfhercht fiddled with the invisible magic, and even though Anya couldn’t see the threads, she knew what he was doing.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

The jubilant rush—“woo hoo,” as she puts it—of music-making is typically followed by a period of obsessive fiddling with production and mixes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.

From MarketWatch Feb. 27, 2026

She pauses, fiddling with her red-framed reading glasses.

From BBC Feb. 14, 2026

The ongoing injuries have left Musselman to continue fiddling with his lineup in search of answers.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 2026

He was fiddling with something small and pink, rubbing it back and forth in his hand.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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