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grinned

VERB
smile widely
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People grinned and then gasped, some with tears streaming down their faces.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

"I was reading about the football," grinned Jamie, 65, adding that he was "not the most political".

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

He looked thinner than in his prior court appearance, but grinned enthusiastically as he shook his lawyers’ hands.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Seated backstage in a small dressing room, Tweedy grinned beneath a mop of fuzzy hair.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

Bright grinned patiently as I interrupted my story to comment on the score.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo



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