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smile

[smahyl] / smaɪl /


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Now she wept, with a huge smile spread over her face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A spokesperson from the Spirit of Normandy Trust, a charity for veterans, said: "Henry was a great character, with a cheeky smile that endeared him to everyone he met."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

A good restaurant culture takes more than telling workers to smile.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Olivia-Grace "could change your entire day, with just a look or a smile"

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

You smile, hear her voice say, You can do this, Mariah.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

It was that Stephens celebrated his late tackle in the immediate aftermath, raising his arms to the home crowd before trading high-fives and smiles with teammates on the sideline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

As Fargeat puts it in the exhibition’s wall text, she wanted audiences to see that women’s “pearly smiles are made of so many horrendous things that we have to keep within ourselves.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He smiles broadly as he signs an executive order.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

The brothers were all smiles as they attended the family reunion on Tuesday night, but Casey also revealed they had lost both their parents this year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

But Mama and Daddy just had little smiles, where your mouth curves up in the middle but only halfway.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

Leo waved to well-wishers as he left the Vatican by car and smiled and waved to crowds waiting for him at the Gemelli, before walking into the hospital.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Now they have just one player in his 30s: That’s 30-year-old Kevon Looney, who smiled at the thought that he is suddenly the elder statesman of the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

"It didn't go how we planned but we will have to find time to redo it," Jacks smiled.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He smiled and nodded in thanks after a supporter in the public gallery shouted "hang in there!"

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

So I closed my hand over Hannie’s and smiled.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Others have not lost their fighting spirit, like Ahmed Ali Mahmoud who is smiling and animated, despite multiple fractures.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Still talking about the same things, right?” he asked, smiling.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Jacob Tremblay embodies a young Kaczynski almost exactly as I have imagined him, minus the smiling and the forging of his mother’s signature.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

The musicians were smiling, the spectators tapped and clapped, and that magical sense of timelessness was real, spanning multiple generations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Bo sits down like a good boy, tongue hanging out in that way that makes him look as if he’s smiling.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler


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