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Lego, the world's biggest toy maker by revenue, posted "stronger than expected" earnings for the first half of the year, its chief executive told AFP, with net profit rising 32 percent.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Panettiere’s first national TV gig came at 11 months old with a Playskool toy train commercial, the start of around 50 advertising appearances she’d rack up before she was 5 years old.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

Excuse me while I collapse — not from some migra man buzzing me with their new toy, but from laughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Deep in a braiding craze, the children can’t resist braiding everything in sight: hair, shoelaces, even the tails of the classroom’s toy ponies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Lily chooses a puzzle from a wooden toy chest in the living room.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Sitting in the shade, Oleksandr was looking over his goods -- paintings, electronic components, toys and old phones -- laid out on wooden blanks on the tarmac.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Meanwhile, things like Legos and plush toys saw double-digit same-store sales gains in the second quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

It's now in 26 countries and expanded into new services, like Vinted Pro for professional sellers and more categories including electronics and toys.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Breakfast cereal brands are bringing back toys inside the box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In what little free time they had, they fished and hunted, quilted and kept chickens, tended their gardens, and had children who played with simple toys such as marbles or animals roughly carved from wood.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Mired in a drought, she toyed with entering another last-minute tune-up tournament to chase the match victories that usually build confidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The FDA has toyed with imposing a cap on advertised SPF values since 2011, arguing that numbers stretching toward 100 are misleading.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

The pair toyed with India's wilting bowlers throughout, with Knight reverse-sweeping and scoring cannily behind square while Capsey struck beautifully straight down the ground.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

This year, “Exit 8” and the upcoming “Backrooms” toyed with a less-is-more approach to claustrophobic, liminal horror.

From Salon ● May 25, 2026

During the day, she toyed with the idea of running away.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry

She can sound like Vaughan; she does for one passage here on “Ever Since the One I Love’s Been Gone,” yet then immediately breaks free, toying wildly with the pitch of the very next note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

Last summer, rumors swirled that Jeff Bezos was toying with buying Vogue, and possibly Condé Nast, for his bride as a wedding present.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

I don’t really know what it will be yet, but I’ve just been toying with different songs and different things and maybe that leads to nothing, but maybe it doesn’t.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026

Like a giddy toddler toying with a puppy - now you see the ball, now it's skipping into your net.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

I am sure he was expecting my answer to be something defiant—“Give me Freedom” or “Victory”—or something generous, like “Stop toying with that wretched French Resistance laddie and give him a dignified and merciful death.”

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein