play around
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Ralf Rangnick's all-action Austria side will try to press the way they always do, but Spain will just play around them.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Don’t restrict yourself to one kind of cheese — play around with your flavors and throw in two, three, even four varieties of fromage.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
You definitely play around with the format of a typical special in this new hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
That better be the case, because at 80 times forward earnings, Arm can’t afford to play around.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
Of course, this aspect of mathematics isn’t very well known even to the numerate, since it’s necessary to have some mathematical ideas first before you can play around with them.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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