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grinned

VERB
smile widely
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Smith denied this, and Schmitt grinned as if he’d just effectively locked Smith in jail forever on perjury charges.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

And when he did, he grinned at his supporters again and urged them to make themselves heard.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

"I was reading about the football," grinned Jamie, 65, adding that he was "not the most political".

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Seated backstage in a small dressing room, Tweedy grinned beneath a mop of fuzzy hair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026

The younger one, with a deep-brown tone like Jackson and plaited pigtails, grinned half a mouth of teeth and clutched a small furry thing in her hands.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste



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