kid
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It reminded me of being a kid who raised his hand and waited his turn while everyone else shouted out answers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
The kid who once quit the sport has become the most improbable rookie sensation in recent NBA history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
“Charlie Chaplin desperately tries to get rid of the kid, at the beginning, in these very kind of dangerous and unpleasant ways,” said writer-director Chris Weitz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
I used to bowl a lot when I was a kid and I just recently got back into it three or four years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
There’s a dark-haired little kid on Dad’s other side who must be Eliana’s cousin or something, because Eliana’s family comes next.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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"Clearly this will have an overall future impact on the health of the kids."
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
“I thought, ‘I’d love to give this group of kids a chance to watch at least a little bit of these movies in their own language.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
“College kids love free stuff” is something I heard over and over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
I went to the recitals, the pediatrician appointments and the parent-teacher nights by myself, and I made sure the kids didn’t feel how much he was gone.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
The kids we saw earlier are climbing a huge tree, racing to see which one of them can get higher.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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This claim of passivity kidded nobody except maybe himself.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2025
On a flight to Chicago, Devers kidded Bello he would hit two homers on Friday.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
In flight, Sadat kidded her about her salary; his was only $12,000.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
Mikaela Shiffrin said she kidded her dad that he was more excited about Diggins than one of her races “and that’s saying something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2022
I even kidded Alice about the names she chose for her children.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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"Of course I was kidding, and you could see that because I put all of the great fighters as his assistants," Trump said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
"I will let you keep ice hockey, and I will let you keep your 'O Canada' national anthem," he promised before adding: "We're only kidding."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
I’m kidding: Even under normal circumstances, giving private companies this much power is likely to incentivize inventing enemies to fight or drive unnecessary spending.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
They’re kidding, but he invites himself along anyway, in the hope that hanging with 20-somethings will miraculously make him hip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Are you kidding me? Thompson wishes he had a career like Laimbeer’s! Thompson has no grit. He crumples in a game like a paper napkin at a barbecue.”
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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