grin
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“You Wished for This” careens from ponderous ambience to shredded digital noise; The two parts of “Love is in the Air” recasts the yearning of a classic Hollywood love theme into a blood-soaked rictus grin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Albanese sported a wide grin as the two leaders briefly paused at the event to take a selfie photo.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
“It hits me,” he says with a devilish grin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
I mop their famous gravy with a hunk of sourdough and hear Sancho Panza in my head and I grin.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Just the thought of such silliness made me grin.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Then he turned to the visitors dugout, grinned and lifted both fists above his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
He looked thinner than in his prior court appearance, but grinned enthusiastically as he shook his lawyers’ hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Hall even grinned when asked about the prospect of facing Lamine Yamal for the first time on the eve of last week's 1-1 draw.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
Spielberg grinned as the audience broke out into cheers.
From Barron's ● Mar. 14, 2026
When they came to the last hole a great white shark grinned at them menacingly.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Scott didn't look to be carrying the baggage of expectation when he sauntered out of the call room a little after 19:00 BST, grinning and taking in the splendour of the scenes around him.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
"A beautiful day," a grinning Eric Trump said on Fox News at the newly minted President Donald J. Trump International Airport, a short drive from the family's Mar-a-Lago golf resort and compound.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
On the shuttle bus from downtown to Inglewood on Monday, there were scores of people with Farsi-emblazoned shirts and crowds of grinning Kiwis as one would expect for the Iran-versus-New Zealand showdown that evening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Yuriskulova, the driver, recalled him grinning broadly the entire way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
The kids had all paired off and were grinning at him as he made his way past them.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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