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Samuel Chavez , 50, said he was grateful that the children were at least allowed to play their games even if it wasn’t on their usual field.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2026
Ball-tampering was suggested and Pakistan refused to play after tea.
From BBC β Sep. 29, 2026
“I keep a piano because finally, finally, finally, I’m going to learn to play the piano.”
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
They’re hoping free play will make them resilient in a world dominated by screens.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 29, 2026
If I play for more than that, my body begins to hurt.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
An emerging artist releases an album, plays it in small venues, like clubs, and as the album grows in popularity the venues expand in size.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2026
MarketWatch: In your book, Alexander Hamilton plays an important role.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
But the Rhine plays an outsized role, carrying around two-thirds of Germany's inland waterway freight, said Puls.
From Barron's β Sep. 29, 2026
As Ashim pokes through her things—a Penguin edition of new American plays, records by Joan Baez and the Rolling Stones—he finds himself increasingly bewitched.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 28, 2026
JonPaul plays football, basketball and baseball and is roughly the size of a half-ton Chevy pickup, but he’s a total wuss about his health.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
“I love the intimacy. And yeah, I’m coming from the first times that I’ve played ‘Yearnalism’ were in arenas.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2026
Mor Talla Ndiaye's journey began in the Senegalese village of Sandiara where he played football in the streets.
From BBC β Sep. 29, 2026
But only New York was willing to gamble on a player who had played so few actual games, selecting him in Round 12.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 29, 2026
It’s evidence of the eighth-grader who played percussion.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
And every year Clare played the part of the helpless victim, cowering in his cottage.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
On the ferry home, three boys spotted a little boy playing a videogame on a tablet and rushed over to watch.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 29, 2026
He said he competed on the same playing field as other L.A. golfers and did not use bots to game the system.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 29, 2026
"You stay in your room playing the clarinet or writing a poem - there's a certain virtue to being a little bit bored sometimes, and just having to amuse yourself."
From BBC β Sep. 29, 2026
In my office: an Underwood No. 5 typewriter and a hockey puck in a Plexiglas case — the actual puck from the only goal I ever scored playing college hockey, in 1977.
From MarketWatch β Sep. 29, 2026
It’s then that I notice the smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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