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The brighter streaks that hug the crater's rim were fresh material excavated from deeper underground.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
“We bring a hug, a smile, a sense of hope.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Before stressful events, they come together, they reassure each other, they touch each other, they hug each other," said Prof Zanna Clay.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
But dogs—Canis familiaris—they welcome the arms, the hug, the love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
He gives me a hug and then hurries to guide Teddy toward the exit, but he veers off when he sees Jonah.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
That dispute sparked the return to strikes last month, as Tehran refused to let ships travel any route other than one which hugs the Iranian coast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
At a meeting later that month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hugs and kisses him and tells everyone “how great I am.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Her family and boyfriend were scattered around the small arena, but she managed to spot them all and get hugs.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
More than a third of the 101 vessels that transited the strait used a lane that hugs the Iranian coast, according to commercial-ship tracker Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The breezes are soothing, morning and night, and so warm they remind me of those last hugs I received from my sisters and dear Mima.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Oman angered Iranian officials when it set up a U.S.-backed corridor for shipping that hugged its coastline without Iranian approval.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Maybe I wasn’t hugged enough as a kid because these G-forces felt like love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The team found that individuals who touched and hugged were more likely to access food and eat alongside each other peacefully.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
He hugged a nurse and was clapped by staff on his arrival at the hospital, before talking to some of the young patients.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
I ran to them and hugged them close.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Vikram, an award-winning actor from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, was seen hugging and playing with a lar gibbon in a now-deleted video posted on Instagram on Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“After the meeting … we’re hugging, and we’re all on the same page, trying to fight this,” he said.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Neither of us is big on hugging, but we hugged, both of us smiling.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Everyone’s happy and excited—they’re hugging and kissing us,” said Maryna Zharkova, who has been working at the market for 25 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Alex hugged her, and it wasn’t quite the same as hugging Jack and not quite the same as snuggling into Selkie, but it made her believe that the world might get better again.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
