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grin

noun as in wide smile

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verb as in smile widely

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Some seem to be smiling, reminiscent of the merry onlookers grinning for the camera in grisly lynching photos.

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“Who else is putting that in a pop song?” she says, grinning.

"Ca va?" says Ahmed, testing out his shaky French, with a grin, as he welcomes us at the entrance of the apartment block, a few weeks later.

From BBC

“I still feel like I can get people out this next month if I need to,” Kershaw said, before cracking a grin: “And then, I don’t have to do that anymore.”

McIlroy grinned as he was told where to go by hundreds of home fans, blowing them kisses in response.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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