toy with
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For almost as long, she’s also made experimental folk and electronic records that toy with avant-garde noise and quietly poignant songwriting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
"You become sentimental about your child's toy, but you're nostalgic of the time you used to play with that toy with your child," explains Kiosses.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
For her Netflix version, Smith Metzler tweaks the plot to toy with our unconscious ideas of upper-class power dynamics.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
“I’m always trying to toy with that idea of her brain works too fast for her mouth,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
Abdul Sharif found a sudden need to toy with his wedding band.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
