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But after an hour-long delay to proceedings earlier, Day returned to the dock and appeared to smirk as he entered a guilty plea.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Make sure you finish the job in your second,” Newsom tells Bass with a tilt of the head and a smirk.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

“Hilarious,” Smart said with a smirk of the postgame skirmish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

More than one friend, he said with a smirk, had asked him how to do so: They “say, ‘Roger, I need your help.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2026

A small smirk played at the corner of his mouth.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Nobody quite knows who decided to give them icing eyes and smirks.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

The leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois, Yves‑Francois Blanchet, drew smirks with his May critique of Alberta's prospective independence.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

"I understand that to agree on something, there must be protocol, you cannot just slap Putin in the face when he arrives. But it was a very unpleasant spectacle – especially his smirks."

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

His eyes sparkle as he coyly smirks, breathing in the crowd screaming for him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

Mrs. Rylance smirks at me and grabs their stuff—the kind of family that travels with three rolling suitcases—and wheels him away to the elevator.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

When the fighters eventually stepped forward for the obligatory face-off, Dubois looked away first as Wardley smirked.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

While the president has said he won’t make the official announcement until early next year, Trump smirked when reporters asked if it would be Hassett, which many have taken as a positive signal.

From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025

Some have smirked that the East Wing doesn’t matter much because it is primarily the province of first ladies, but that is a bizarre argument for its destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

According to Marcotte, Sung smirked and said she hasn’t done her research on the restaurant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

Jabir smirked the way he usually did when he was about to gossip.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

His Clark Kent-esque transformation, from unimposing nice guy — “the nicest guy in the entire world,” Casparius said — to smirking menace whenever the day needs saving is the stuff of comic book legends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2026

"We all saw how he disrespected the courtroom, smirking and laughing amongst his lawyers during witness testimonies. That did not help his case at all," said law professor Lim Ji-bong.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

Now that I have done so, I picture Harper smirking at me, suddenly bored by how easy adults are to manipulate and already thinking of some new mischief to get up to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Members of Gen Alpha, it added, might be "smirking at the thought of adults once again struggling to make sense of your notoriously slippery slang."

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2025

Coach Whit looked at Krystal, who was smirking.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds