grin
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Bowie adds with a grin, “Kripke gonna Kripke!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
And by the end of the 90 minutes, Mbappé was meeting every aggression with a gigantic grin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Albanese sported a wide grin as the two leaders briefly paused at the event to take a selfie photo.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Erling Haaland stood on the pitch in Dallas, a goofy grin across his face and a Viking helmet atop his head at a jaunty angle.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Good ears,” Aunt Kitty said, allowing a slight grin to cross her face.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
As the others grinned and grimaced at their rivals’ responses, Becerra was as stone-faced as Buster Keaton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
He looked thinner than in his prior court appearance, but grinned enthusiastically as he shook his lawyers’ hands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Professor X and No Words provided genuine moments of joy for the star, who grinned throughout as the London audience rapped along and in some instances, screamed a bit too.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
She grinned as she explained that some sculptures of famed Buddhist monk Ji Gong even showed him smiling on one side of his face and frowning on the other.
From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026
He even grinned, causing Trey’s head to swivel between us in confusion.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
"We are really worried about a snap election," said the Reform source, grinning.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
In one photo, Graham posed, grinning, holding a black P1-SUN interceptor built to bring down Russian Shahed drones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
But after Trump Jr. touched down, the two men toured the Ambanis’ private zoo, and at night they performed a Gujarati folk dance, grinning as they moved together to the music.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
He picks up the story of his tongue: “They laid it out there and it was wiggling around,” he says, grinning before turning serious again.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Sheba went on grinning, but her eyes shone scarlet.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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