playground

Example Sentences

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The Thames waterfront, Mr. Keefe writes, became a “sanitized playground for tourists and young professionals.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The attempt went relatively smoothly, she explains, apart from a "nightmarish" section when cleaning a kid's playground at four in the morning where the game's bright primary colours affected her in "a very psychedelic way".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Did the screenwriters toss around a dozen other playground games — killer dodgeball, killer cornhole, killer freeze tag — before sticking with the same hide-and-seek set-up?

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

In Trinity Lutheran, a Missouri religious group wanted to take advantage of a state grant for its playground flooring.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

But when she thought of his smirk she also saw his wide-open smile with the playground kids.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn