wink

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His last major film role came in 2012 with The Expendables 2, where his appearance functioned largely as a wink to the internet persona that eclipsed him.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

"We didn't sleep a wink all night," she wrote in a new message Sunday.

From Barron's • Mar. 1, 2026

"My heart was in the pit of my stomach. I did not sleep a wink that entire evening. I felt physically sick," Olde says.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Rath said he interpreted Bessent’s remarks as “to be tacitly in favor of Alberta independence, even though it wasn’t clearly stated in that manner—but, certainly, ‘wink, wink, nudge, nudge.’”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

He shut his eyes and remembered her smiling at him and telling him with a wink what her blessing from the old monk had been: May your courage never falter.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat