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smirk

[smurk] / smɜrk /
NOUN
sly smile
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“Hilarious,” Smart said with a smirk of the postgame skirmish.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

He’d study my face and say, “Love it or hate it?,” shooting me a warm smirk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

On Chinese social media, pictures show some users sticking couplets or upside down pictures of Malfoy's signature smirk.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Cignetti, smiling through that permanent I told ya so smirk, brushed off Indiana’s new status as the No. 1 heavy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

He puts on his official Gene the Mean smirk.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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