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toy

[toi] / tɔɪ /




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But even when Kiki botches a delivery by dropping a toy mid-air, sending it tumbling into a nearby forest, a bit of reciprocal effort solves the problem.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

He said he finds “Spidey” more challenging to watch than other shows Linnéa likes because it can feel like a toy commercial.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

In it, a woman inside of a hoarder’s garage bobbed a feather toy in front of Likho, who jumped up to catch it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

The company has lately returned to growth, but there’s still room for improvement in the toy business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Giant, twisting waves spun the ship like a toy.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis

While most of those donations were in cash, they also gave $4,900 in “Armani Business Wear” to the Oakland nonprofit organization Restorative Justice, and toys, furniture, appliances, books and other goods to Goodwill in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

Those types of toys attract an audience that is typically older, increasingly including adults, and more likely to make repeat purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

Earlier this year, Temu was given a €200m fine for allowing the sale of illegal products such as dangerous baby toys.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Boys with their toys, thought The Times’ feisty critic Isabelle Morse Jones.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 16, 2026

“Remember when I used to follow Yusuf around with bites of food while he played with his toys to get him to eat?”

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Messi toyed with United like a kid on the Playstation - twisting, turning, nutmegging defenders whose flailing white shirts might as well have been a call for surrender.

From BBC May 28, 2026

In no episode has Kelly made this clearer than in the one that ran on Nov. 12, in which she toyed with a bit of Jeffrey Epstein apologia.

From Slate May 6, 2026

They toyed with “M. Butterfly,” the masterpiece that earned Hwang his Tony, but kept gravitating toward “Flower Drum Song.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 27, 2026

Iran has toyed with reverse-engineering, upgrading and creating its own combat aircraft, but has lacked the finances and technology to do so effectively, said Farzan Sabet, an Iran-focused researcher at the Geneva Graduate Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

I toyed with a pencil lying on the counter, spinning it idly this way and that.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

Unlike in Homer or even “Clash of the Titans,” which showed the gods as toga-clad twits toying with mortal lives like action figures, they have little, if anything, to do in this plot.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

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

As an epidemiologist who knows far too much about infectious disease, I’m still toying with going on a cruise next year with my family.

From Slate May 16, 2026

At times, it feels like a victory lap, the most flattering possible portrait of a man who might be toying with the idea of going out while he’s still on top.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

She's toying with the zipper of her bag as she says this, her eyelashes fluttering nervously.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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