playing around

Example Sentences

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But playing around with Anthropic’s software, he was quickly able to find a number of security issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Cartoons as long as 10 hours each feature illustrated dogs playing around in an animated New York City, or dogs watching duck ponds.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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

"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

“You shouldn’t be playing around in the parking lot anyway,” she said, and pulled her son away, walking faster than his little sandaled feet could quite keep up.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth