toy
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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
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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
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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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