playing around
Example Sentences
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“They’ll see, ‘Oh, this mayor’s not playing around.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Steinberger built OpenClaw in November while playing around with AI coding tools in an attempt to organise his digital life.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
"You can start playing around with the much larger code. It's like adding one more letter to the alphabet."
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026
The suit has not stopped people from playing around with the platform, which recently raised $250 million at a valuation of $2.45 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
His eyes were glittering and there was a nasty sneer playing around his mouth.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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