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Which actor portrayed the Sundance Kid in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?

kid

[kid] / kɪd /




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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

"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

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

"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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