fidget
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So Banos, who works in communications, has started to “carry a magnetic ball fidget toy so I don’t,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
This featured noise-cancelling headphones, fidget toys, weighted blankets and quiet activities such as colouring and puzzles.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Kids call them fidget toys or stress balls.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
That approach, she said, helped Five Below take advantage of the current craze for “squishy dumplings” — the latest popular fidget toy that the retailer has managed to cash in on.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 18, 2026
It breaks off and she seems to catch it and fidget with it in her hands.
From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak
He fidgets with a pair of eyeglasses and points a knobby index finger to underscore a point, jiggles his leg restlessly and, at one point, mimes playing guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
As her mother explains how she struggled to keep her alive amid a collapsing health system in Gaza, Niveen, with her big brown eyes and tiny frame, cries and fidgets.
From BBC ● May 20, 2025
In interviews, he fidgets, stumbles over words and gets frustrated if he thinks he has said the wrong thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Also, pack some fidgets for lines or mealtimes.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
Donna puts Dray’s keys in her purse and fidgets with his phone as she leads me to the bathroom.
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
No-one fidgeted or glanced at their smartphones, as Eva explained she had the number A-26959 tattooed in blue ink on her arm.
From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2025
Mr. Trump fidgeted throughout his time in court last week.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
O'Brien retorted, "You stand your butt up, big guy," as Mullin rose from his seat and fidgeted with his wedding band.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2023
Students fidgeted in chairs, not knowing what to say.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Habib sighed and paused to collect his thoughts as Fadi fidgeted with impatience.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Dubois - twitching his shoulders, stretching his neck and constantly fidgeting - insisted the "talking was done", while Wardley rolled his eyes and smiled beside him.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
In the studio and in meetings, Shulman has the restless energy of a kid—pacing around a room or fidgeting with a piano keyboard or bass guitar—combined with the intellectual affect of a quant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
They can take four minutes on the answer, and people are now fidgeting in the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025
If so, perhaps you too have a condition called misokinesia - a diagnosible hatred of fidgeting.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
Still fidgeting with that damned pencil, he asked in a small voice, “What is it?”
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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