fiddle
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England reached 72-0 in the powerplay, with Bouchier playing second fiddle to Dunkley, who was brutal against Ireland's wilting bowling attack in a 47-ball fifty - her fastest in ODIs.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
These records feature the fiery jazz-and-blues-infused fiddle playing of Scott Stoneman, a fellow wild seed and veteran of the D.C. bust-heads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
We can’t truly know the ERP unless we know what the market will return, and if we knew that, we wouldn’t have to fiddle with theoreticals about whether we’re being compensated enough.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Without it, the IRS will happily play you like a fiddle.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Fezzik let the man in black fiddle around for a bit, tested the man’s strength, which was considerable for someone who wasn’t a giant.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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Those with resources and a parlor might have a piano, while those who had less made do with fiddles and banjos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Bro-country hitmaker Jason Aldean debuted in 2005 with “Hicktown,” a single that paired screaming fiddles with distortion-drenched guitars to celebrate the ways single-stoplight towns make their own fun.
From Salon ● May 16, 2025
Guitars are plucked, fiddles are fiddled, and brows are furrowed as Marcus Mumford navigates his mid-30s, and the reorganisation of friendships and priorities that mid-life brings.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2025
“I just loved it. I loved the music, I loved the tempos of the mandolin and ... I loved the fiddles, too,” Williams says.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
It sounded like the infernal spawn of a Persian drum beat and a dozen Celtic fiddles.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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For years, the egg has ruled the breakfast table like a sun god—worshipped, aestheticized, endlessly fiddled with by men in starched aprons and women with ring lights.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Sitting at a park picnic table in Crystal City, Virginia, the morning light casting shadows over his face, Wall fiddled with the strap on his backpack.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2025
Her positive pablum came too late to stop critics from casting her as a modern-day Nero, the emperor who supposedly fiddled away as Rome burned.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
On 99, Atkinson fiddled nervously at Kumara and could have given an edge.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024
She fiddled with her white headscarf, dimples creasing and front teeth protruding as she giggled and launched seamlessly back into song, arms upheld, motioning us to join in.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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Google Calendar provides a “secret address” in settings so you can avoid any API fiddling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Neville is skeptical that businesses will be fiddling around with AI products to create their own cybersecurity.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Take, for example, Parton’s great-grandmother, Tennessee, who kept her home open for “singing, fiddling, and buck dancing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
Mondelez says it has not been fiddling with the recipe, at least not recently.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025
I expected to see someone like Mr. Quon manning the counter, but a young woman was perched on a tall stool behind it, idly fiddling with an abacus.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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