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smile

[smahyl] / smaɪl /


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He routinely met a hostile premise with calm facts, a sharp answer and a smile that made the host’s irritation look frivolous.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Between Jordan’s charm and Misty’s smile that only emerges around him, the film flirts with becoming a romantic comedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The "hit show" Celebrity Traitors has brought a smile back to contestant Maya James after her "split from footballer Ruben Dias", the Daily Star says in its front page splash.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The shoes are known for their clean design, lightweight feel and unmistakable soles, including some with those hollow pods that resemble a toothy smile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

I pull out my earbuds, force a smile.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Sofiyka stretches, smiles and runs to wash her face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

“She’s looking at me and her eyes are opening ... she’s looking at me and she smiles or something and it’s the cutest thing. My heart like jumps out of its chest.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

He smiles broadly as he signs an executive order.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Roses are placed on the tables where supporters nibbled from snack plates, hugged, all smiles, and sipped from glasses of sparkling wine or beer.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

I guess she misses my sarcasm, because she smiles.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

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

"I suffered, but I enjoyed and that's why I smiled when I walked out of the court because I missed that feeling."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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

Carrying backpacks and duffel bags, and wearing civilian clothes, crew members smiled and waved at a small crowd that had assembled to meet them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

He scowled at me, and I smiled back my most winning watch me screw this up for you smile.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Watching BBC undercover footage of Bechi smiling and greeting supporters at an event in March, when he should still have been in prison, Ira became tearful.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

She’s smiling, but then a tear slips out of the corner of her eye and rolls down her face.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler




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