grin
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"Pair density waves are the Cheshire Cat's grin of superconductivity," said Eduardo Fradkin, an Illinois Grainger Engineering physics professor and a project co-lead.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
“I started working here when I was 3 years old,” Castaneda says with a grin before turning to the hunk of hot pastrami he’s placed on a cutting board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
When I mention this paradox, a grin spreads across his face.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
A passerby peers over the fence and asks, “with a wide grin: ‘Is she in there?’”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
When Torak released its muzzle, it rolled onto its back, baring its pale fluffy belly, and gave him a silent grin of apology.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Smith denied this, and Schmitt grinned as if he’d just effectively locked Smith in jail forever on perjury charges.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
And when he did, he grinned at his supporters again and urged them to make themselves heard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"I was reading about the football," grinned Jamie, 65, adding that he was "not the most political".
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
This left Davies mock-floundering next to her, before she winked at the camera and grinned.
From BBC ● May 10, 2026
I grinned and said, “Yes, sir. I guess so.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
Jumping down from her uncle's shoulders, seven-year-old Dona ran grinning to her mother after Pope Leo XIV waved at her on his way past on a famed Paris avenue.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Sugary cereals generally appear on lower shelves in the grocery store, where children can see the cheery packaging and grinning cartoon mascots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The storyline is inscrutable, but Walters displays real range, gazing forlornly in the rain, hurling dishes at a wall, grinning and giving high-fives when a family takes him bowling.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
For now, the green sage is merely a bronze statue on the lawn, posed to ignore the grinning Grogu behind him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The door of the carriage swung open, and Simon leaped out; a moment later he stood before Penelope, grinning.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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