smiley
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After spending $40 more, I eventually walked away with two cute plushies—a fuzzy chicken leg with a penguin face and a purple tea cup with a smiley face embroidered on its side—and my dignity intact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
I left our short chat feeling uplifted by how smiley and polite he was in daylight and while we were sober.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
“It’s A No For Me,” he tersely posted on social media, accompanied by a smiley face emoji wearing shades.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
The company says the avatar, called Mico and resembling a blob with a smiley face, is "not a mascot, but an optional visual identity for Copilot".
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Ridge was bouncy and smiley, like a kid going to an amusement park.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The original Twitter thread, laden with exclamation points and smileys, aimed to provoke amazement and incredulity.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2021
Yellow smileys painted on the tarmac reminded everyone to keep atwo metres apart.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2020
The results of a study about using smileys in email may be disappointing to emoji lovers.
From Time ● Aug. 17, 2017
Now, though, that record may come down to anodyne emails with smileys at the end.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2016
We call them smileys because when you’re done eating all the meat off it, the goat looks like it’s smiling at you from the plate.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
