entertain
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“But that’s also why we entertain a lot at home. I now have a phone basket that I use to take everyone’s phones away!”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
He offers never-ending reruns of the same speech, and at this point it fails to entertain, enlighten or move anyone.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Studios line up to showcase their best and newest offerings at Comic-Con, with dozens of panels to entertain fans.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber, and Shakira entertain the crowd at half-time in the World Cup final, with a special appearance from Ronaldo and Ronaldinho at the New York New Jersey Stadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Our pets had mostly escaped by then, or been eaten up, as in the case of Methuselah, but the Congo still offered a wealth of God’s creatures to entertain us.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
No one entertains the idea that one person’s graffitied tribute to a male gladiator might have been defaced by giving the picture breasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The paved terrace, for example, is an imitation of a similar space in Palm Beach where the president routinely entertains.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2025
"I think he's ultimately a very good, what I would call, ballroom entertainer. And he stands up and he entertains, and he's extremely good at that."
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
It entertains and explains how Trump became who he is.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2024
Mina and I stay in the playroom, perched uncomfortably on child-size furniture, while Mr. Cohen entertains the children, kneeling on the floor and letting them drive their cars up his legs and arms.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Proof, if any were needed, that people prefer to be entertained rather than preached to.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He even looked into playing arena football and entertained the idea of playing for the Los Angeles Avengers, but that thought only lasted a day or so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
The oil chief is an eloquent speaker whose TV appearances have entertained the president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Mexico returned from halftime with great momentum in front of a crowd that had been entertained at halftime by the Mexican band Maná.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
She rolls her eyes, clearly not entertained by me.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
In this entertaining action film, the actor plays a Midwestern town’s fill-in lawman, who faces an unexpected threat from the East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The head of the AMC cinema chain, Adam Aron, posted on X and then deleted a message describing the couple's vows as "long, entertaining, personal, charming, emotional, irreverent and endearing."
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
The SpaceX earnings call with Elon Musk on Tuesday night was entertaining as always and featured some ambitious plans for rockets and robots, starships and satellites.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
He is about as entertaining as a stale powdered donut and even less nutritious.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
The thought-voices are entertaining, too, because I never know what they are going to say.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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