amuse
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“If Ford wants to amuse himself, all right,” rival auto maker Joseph J. Cole said on the Five-Dollar Day.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The temptation to amuse the audience led him to betray his duty to appraise the work of aspiring artists who tremblingly dared present themselves before His Nasty Majesty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
A steal at $28 for three courses, diners saddle up to the counter, reminiscent of a chef’s table, for a French and Japanese-inspired amuse bouche with a main dessert, followed by petit fours.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025
Yet, whenever Key’s lonely widower drops his desperation to amuse, there’s years of pain on his face.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2025
Her friends tried to amuse her with funny tales, but she did not listen.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
Pizza always amuses me with its contentiousness among certain types of home cooks — the flour, the oven, the hydration, so many absolute rights and wrongs.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
Kit doesn’t know much about her father, who died just after she was born, and the mythologizing of her birth amuses her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
“It’s just stuff that amuses us, as opposed to some larger effort to be disruptive.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2022
An anecdote in which Felton draws Alan Rickman’s ire by trampling on his flowing robes amuses, as does the disarming thought of the Snape actor lining up for lunch on set.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2022
“If that amuses you, Kate,” said Mr. Benedict, “you might also enjoy some of her test answers. Let me see, I believe I have them right here.”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
Matt Zingler, one of the co-founders of Rolling Loud, was amused when Garelick told him about the slippery moment while first pitching the film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Judge Julie Mata, who was presiding over the paternity case, wasn’t as amused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
"We can't even fill the coffee cups to the brim or they spill," his son Linus, 19, added with an air of amused exasperation.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
Barantini was more amused by the reaction and says he doesn't think "small things like that matter".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Mr. Stieglitz turned to the other newsmen, who were watching us with amused half smiles.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
For five of those, he’s been working at the Tool Box, amusing himself by idly messing with customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
As amusing as it is, “Marble Hall Murders” doesn’t improve on its predecessors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Norway supporters also provided an amusing moment during the quarter-final with England.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
If someone’s doing a pretty good impression of you, I think that’s kind of amusing, but he didn’t know who I was.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Instead, he wrote, The story of your rabbit is very amusing indeed!
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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