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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

She said he was loved by friends, talented in music and sport, having played the fiddle, accordion and enjoyed judo, chess and sea scouts.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Anytime Dunk is walking through the village, we should hear a fiddle player playing somewhere,’” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

The company’s main generator of revenue, electric vehicles, often plays second fiddle.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Paddy Mulligan with his fiddle out again,” I said.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Those with resources and a parlor might have a piano, while those who had less made do with fiddles and banjos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 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

As he told Terry Gross on “Fresh Air” in 1998, “it was fascinating what these guys could do with these banjos and these fiddles and the steel guitars.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 21, 2024

He fiddles with the batteries, reconsiders the antennas, triple-checks fuses.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

It was one of more than 20 locations where he abused his position as party boss, spent more than £400,000 of SNP cash and fiddled the books afterwards.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

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

He fiddled with a stack of papers while waiting for reporters in the room to quiet down and then, with self-assured gravitas, announced a detailed plan for legislation that would provide reparations for Black Californians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

Then she pressed down on the gearshift and, after a moment of hunting, fiddled her way into reverse, and the darkened house faded in her headlights as the car backed out of the driveway.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

I was still fiddling with the controls when I inadvertently engaged FSD’s route-following function.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

"The constant need to keep fiddling to pull them up displays an uncomfortable and unconfident demeanour," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026

“No, I don’t,” I said, fiddling with the cap on my water bottle.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez




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