play out

Example Sentences

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But it is officials on the Canary Islands, where that policy should play out, who are most damning.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Lopez had seen this game play out before.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

In most of these, we can see the mother-son dynamic, however frustrating or overbearing or dysfunctional, play out.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

The issue is that the industry is still in the “early days” of seeing this trend play out, she noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

“See,” she said, “if you could swim, then you could play out there too. And I wouldn’t have to sit here with you. Wouldn’t you like to learn to swim?”

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder