playing around
Example Sentences
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“They’ll see, ‘Oh, this mayor’s not playing around.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Steinberger built OpenClaw in November while playing around with AI coding tools in an attempt to organise his digital life.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Rick downplays that, describing the songs simply as the sound of two friends "playing around" and "having fun".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
"You can start playing around with the much larger code. It's like adding one more letter to the alphabet."
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026
Some kids were playing around the little pots of flames.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
