entertain
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“Our mission—to entertain the world—is ambitious, and delivering on it requires us to be disciplined about where we prioritize our people and resources,” they told employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
TFG added that they will only "entertain interest from parties who we strongly believe will be the right stewards to take the club forward".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
It’s an endless stream of nothing, meant to fill time more than entertain, like the brainrotted AI slop that pollutes TikTok streams, except many leagues less interesting.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The article argues that optimistic science fiction can do more than entertain: it can give audiences a constructive vision of the future and inspire people to pursue careers in science, engineering and space exploration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
“You should have stayed home to entertain me.”
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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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 real scandal here is why she entertains any of these losers at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
He has fallen the tiniest bit in love with Lydia and with the understated, unflustered way she entertains.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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The story goes that Disney would bring his daughters to the merry-go-round, sit on a bench and dream of a place where adults and children could be entertained together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The updated policy does not explicitly cite so-called "model welfare," the idea that AI systems might deserve types of protection usually reserved for living things, but Anthropic and its executives have openly entertained the concept.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
"The Premier League can be so boring; fans want to be entertained, that's what we promised."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
“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
“And till Colonel Forster came himself, not one of you entertained a doubt, I suppose, of their being really married?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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Matt Neglia, the editor in chief of the weekly audio and video show Next Best Picture, called the film "as entertaining as it is terrifying."
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
My entertaining advice is: go to a great bakery and buy a cheesecake.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The listing emphasizes the home’s connection to nature, with its large windows, outdoor entertaining areas, and landscaped surroundings creating a retreat-like atmosphere.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
What emerges is a book as entertaining as it is informative, a smartly crafted account that covers a broad swath of history’s most confounding puzzles and startling rediscoveries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
He also became prone to sudden fits of hilarious laughter over nothing, which, while disconcerting, nevertheless made him entertaining company.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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