smile
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"I've learned how to do everything with one leg, except to be able to use a wheelbarrow," said Williams with a wry smile.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
I’m sure the scientific explanation involves ecstatic brain hormones, leading to an overstimulated smile reflex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
“Often gliding by on her skateboard, with a smile that brightened her gorgeous blue eyes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Her friends said she "lit up every room she walked into and put a smile on everyone's face without fail".
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
He rolls his eyes, but at least he attempts to smile.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The Vances, however, can’t seem to shake off suspicions that they loathe each other, no matter how many smiles they flash at the camera.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Gently pulling down the pictures, taken on the beach day they made their relationship official, Charlie smiles wistfully at their younger selves: “We look like babies.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Popular around my firehouse is a line directly cribbed from its military origins: “Death smiles at everyone. Firefighters smile back.”
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2026
As music blares and fans dance with Mexican flags, Leigh Slater smiles.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
He checks his watch and smiles, as if we’ve been having a friendly chat.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
"I show my friends and they're surprised. Everything is working, it's really all working," he smiled.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
He smiled after I busted him for looking, which made me recoil in horror and quickly dart over to hide in the pet food aisle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Joshua smiled when asked whether he believed that was possible.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
“This happens over and over and over and over again,” she said as Newsom smiled awkwardly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
She didn’t seem to mind, though, and she smiled at me as she peered over at my tablet.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
A photograph of the two leaders shared on Netanyahu's X account shows the two men seated in the Oval Office, smiling towards the camera.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
They wore fliers around their necks, hung with yellow thread, bearing the smiling faces and names of some of the 75 people who have died since January 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Hours later, she was still smiling - posing beside riot officers, flashing victory signs, filming through crowds and even interviewing an injured protester.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
An evening that had begun as silencing a smiling sextet ended in a sublime effort to open the mind beyond body and music to give peace a chance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
I turn around to see Jonah, my Jonah, smiling as he walks toward me.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
