playing around

Example Sentences

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“They’ll see, ‘Oh, this mayor’s not playing around.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

But playing around with Anthropic’s software, he was quickly able to find a number of security issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Steinberger built OpenClaw in November while playing around with AI coding tools in an attempt to organise his digital life.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

At some stage, where the heat will be a factor, I could envisage Harry Kane playing around an hour and Bellingham coming on to replace him.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Nobody minded playing around, the girls said, but in this case Jeff had crossed the line.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater