smirk
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On Chinese social media, pictures show some users sticking couplets or upside down pictures of Malfoy's signature smirk.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
“All because my dad hit his head at this park,” Soboroff says with a smirk, recalling the incident that set off his father’s community safety efforts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026
Cignetti, smiling through that permanent I told ya so smirk, brushed off Indiana’s new status as the No. 1 heavy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
It is probably easier to smirk or cast aspersions at the idea of a love for the ages than it is to accept that you have not met that person in your own life.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025
She’d never told Molly what she had discussed with Ashmodai when she had come to pay rent, and from the smirk that played across Ashmodai’s face, he knew that, too.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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