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grinning

  • a word derived from grin.
    grin
    verb (used without object)
    to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.
  • a word form of grin.
    grin
    verb (used without object)
    to smile broadly, especially as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.

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"We're ready for the fight" is the Telegraph's headline, accompanied by a photo of a grinning Badenoch alongside her husband Hamish.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Jumping down from her uncle's shoulders, seven-year-old Dona ran grinning to her mother after Pope Leo XIV waved at her on his way past on a famed Paris avenue.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

The storyline is inscrutable, but Walters displays real range, gazing forlornly in the rain, hurling dishes at a wall, grinning and giving high-fives when a family takes him bowling.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

For now, the green sage is merely a bronze statue on the lawn, posed to ignore the grinning Grogu behind him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

I glanced back at Regan to discover her grinning like an idiot.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin