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Still, with that perspective, he wasn’t going to entertain any talk about the Dodgers ruining baseball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

He offers never-ending reruns of the same speech, and at this point it fails to entertain, enlighten or move anyone.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

She believes the programme doesn't simply entertain audiences.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Studios line up to showcase their best and newest offerings at Comic-Con, with dozens of panels to entertain fans.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Of course, the opera, like everything else, totally failed to entertain the elf.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

Host and journalist Anders Kvaal entertains both sides of the fracas with his ears open and his mouth largely shut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025

The paved terrace, for example, is an imitation of a similar space in Palm Beach where the president routinely entertains.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025

Oates seems to posit that we allow whatever entertains, and we return to whatever has entertained before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

However, what entertains a live audience in the stadium differs from what works on national television, and the technology needed to bridge that gap had to evolve.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2025

Mina and I stay in the playroom, perched uncomfortably on child-size furniture, while Mr. Cohen entertains the children, kneeling on the floor and letting them drive their cars up his legs and arms.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

He even looked into playing arena football and entertained the idea of playing for the Los Angeles Avengers, but that thought only lasted a day or so.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

He entertained mass audiences so successfully that his murder mysteries, spy sagas and innocent-man-accused tales became their own genre: the Alfred Hitchcock Movie, often imitated but never equaled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

For parents who are able to take annual leave, Streeter said a "DIY approach" - by keeping children entertained with picnics, local attractions and low cost days out could prove "far better value".

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Mexico returned from halftime with great momentum in front of a crowd that had been entertained at halftime by the Mexican band Maná.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

So I was set up in the weekly market just south of Belair-sur-Oise, and I was keepin’ the people entertained, as I do, when I notice the strangest sight.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Mr. Friedman runs the PitchingNinja account on X, an entertaining scroll of nasty pitches and baffled hitters he started in 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

I had also recently waxed poetic about compound butter during a live discussion on summer entertaining.

From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026

An entertaining left-handed batter and bowler of seam and spin, Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

All the various formats have their proponents and the conversations about them have been entertaining and informative, but no matter the film or screen size, it’s a very good movie.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

Before he knew it, Bobby’s winnings from Reykjavik were beginning to diminish, and yet he saw that Rader and Armstrong were flying all over the world, entertaining lavishly, and proffering gifts to world leaders.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady