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entertain

[en-ter-tayn] / ˌɛn tərˈteɪn /




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What is certain is that Liverpool have a truly special talent on their hands and one that they will hope can entertain the Anfield crowd for years to come.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“It’s not a permanent opposition,” he says, “There’s enough overlap already that we might see a staffer class that starts in DSA and is willing to entertain joining MYD.”

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Another newcomer to the industry, Sam Cohen, makes videos about his misadventures after buying a laundromat in Old Bridge, N.J., hoping to entertain his small following.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

At the end of the day, Rajapaksa’s job is to entertain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Because of Etienne being local, his family has to entertain his superiors pretty regularly, and of course the Nazis know the food is better on the farm than in town.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

Britain's The Guardian newspaper said the movie "entertains us with creepy campfire tales" but the Hollywood Reporter called it a "dull existential drama" while The Wrap website described it as a "frustrating slog".

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

No one entertains the idea that one person’s graffitied tribute to a male gladiator might have been defaced by giving the picture breasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

The real scandal here is why she entertains any of these losers at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 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

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

They lived in a grand Right Bank mansion, entertained at lavish parties and brilliant salons, and mingled with royalty and literary luminaries at society weddings, the opera and the racetrack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The story goes that Disney would bring his daughters to the merry-go-round, sit on a bench and dream of a place where adults and children could be entertained together.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The updated policy does not explicitly cite so-called "model welfare," the idea that AI systems might deserve types of protection usually reserved for living things, but Anthropic and its executives have openly entertained the concept.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

"The Premier League can be so boring; fans want to be entertained, that's what we promised."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

I went to my room and entertained myself by reading a few pages of The Great Gatsby.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

The two-story mansion features seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, along with an impressive selection of amenities designed for entertaining and relaxation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Lord's has often been criticised for being slow and low, thus providing less entertaining cricket.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

Noah Reid and Carrie-Anne Moss star in an ambiguous but entertaining eight-part series that draws on the Slavic myth of Baba Yaga.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

But Shultz says that while “You Can See Everything” is an entertaining piece of art, it’s certainly not a documentary, and “it’s dangerous to pretend that it is.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

We smiled sadly at each other, realizing that cliches weren’t as entertaining without Audrey.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence


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