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We’re meant to guess that Lil Ant wants to be a pilot, a point that feels wobbly even though the kid spends a dozen scenes running around with a toy plane.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

At one booth, visitors pointed their phones at a humanoid wearing an apron as it gingerly reached for a toy chicken drumstick before clamping down and lifting the fake meat into a bucket.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Panettiere’s first national TV gig came at 11 months old with a Playskool toy train commercial, the start of around 50 advertising appearances she’d rack up before she was 5 years old.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

CEO Michael Fiddelke, who took the helm in February, credited new product mixes and store updates in baby, toy and health departments, though he warned results might not remain so punchy in the new quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Lily chooses a puzzle from a wooden toy chest in the living room.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Its turnaround efforts have included more prominent displays of things like trading cards and toys.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

The only exceptions are a number of rental trial zones,, external all of them located in England, yet some parents regard e-scooters as legitimate toys.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

One economist said watch prices for toys and even trash collection for early signs of trouble.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Lately, though, some venture investors have found new, more analog pursuits: sports teams, iconic real estate and even children’s toys, Kate Clark writes for the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

She tells Marie Dachauer how much she wishes they had music or toys or any games to play.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The pair toyed with India's wilting bowlers throughout, with Knight reverse-sweeping and scoring cannily behind square while Capsey struck beautifully straight down the ground.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

This year, “Exit 8” and the upcoming “Backrooms” toyed with a less-is-more approach to claustrophobic, liminal horror.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

In no episode has Kelly made this clearer than in the one that ran on Nov. 12, in which she toyed with a bit of Jeffrey Epstein apologia.

From Slate ● May 6, 2026

They toyed with “M. Butterfly,” the masterpiece that earned Hwang his Tony, but kept gravitating toward “Flower Drum Song.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

“And now, patron, tell me what I can do for you,” Transito Soto finally said, settling into the reclining seat of an airplane pilot while she toyed with the pearls around her neck.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

As an epidemiologist who knows far too much about infectious disease, I’m still toying with going on a cruise next year with my family.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

Last summer, rumors swirled that Jeff Bezos was toying with buying Vogue, and possibly Condé Nast, for his bride as a wedding present.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

But there was one Liverpool-born forward toying with Football League defenders whose skills and outrageous goals earned him a weekly spot on Soccer AM's signature feature and the title 'Showboat King'.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

But Mr. Simpson’s next album, 2019’s “Sound & Fury,” was accompanied by an anime film on Netflix and found Mr. Simpson toying with mechanized dance rhythms and going deeper into psychedelia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026

She had the infuriating feeling that he was toying with her, that there was some joke she didn’t understand.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas