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grin

[grin] / grɪn /
NOUN
wide smile
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VERB
smile widely
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She occasionally turned to grin in the direction of dozens of supporters behind her in the courtroom gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

"I've eaten all of the different flavours at this point," he adds with a grin.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

They clipped 13 seconds of him tearing into a Whopper, sauce and a grin splayed across his face, and posted it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

She wore a yellow knit beanie, gold hoop earrings and the relieved grin of a woman who has finally checked a mammogram off her to-do list.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

He was just sitting there with a grin on his whiskery old face; rocking away and looking at us.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls