amused
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He’s been slightly confused but mostly amused by all the messages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Speaking over Zoom from New York, dressed in his typical wardrobe of black shirt and black sport jacket, Mungiu is wryly amused when I ask if that Dracula dig was inspired by personal experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
The pair feared they would get in trouble, but race security was more amused than angry, they recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Whether they succeeded we shall never know, for even the world’s leading chicken experts have a hard time telling when chickens are amused.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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