playing games

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"We're sort of like pirates. But we're not playing games."

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

Later life enrichment, starting around age 80, focused on activities such as reading, writing, and playing games, along with income from Social Security, retirement, and other sources.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Similarly, if you’d like to focus the day on playing games and experiencing human-powered carnival rides, I’d recommend doing that first.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

His 24-year-old son, Benjamin Kanter, remembers attending getaways as a child, playing games at the dining table while adults talked business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

He had taken his sons, who had taken their wives, who had borne children, who crawled around on the carpets playing games with the patrons’ toes.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri