Kids waiting to occupy the court watched our geriatric antics with amused curiosity. Nearby, a crew of construction workers looked on with amused expressions. Reacting amuse gueule Luke’s fall, fans were both concerned and amused.
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Aris and Anna are first amused and then intrigued by the local politics. Muratov, a bearlike man dressed for the visit in a powder-blue suit, alternated between blunt outrage and amused disbelief. But this is a glib movie, self-indulgent in its extended running time and far too amused with its easy digs at wealth and privilege. Fans online were both amused and put off by Delevingne’s behavior toward Megan at the Billboard Music Awards. But while the general audience here in Wisconsin is smitten with this Bucks team and charmed by superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo and the new mural of him that towers over downtown, the Boston Celtics are not quite so amused.
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