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bear hug

noun as in embracement

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When he spots Lira, he rushes to give him a bear hug.

Other Hall of Famers wrapped Gates in bear hugs as he strode across the stage.

Instead of going he made suggestive remarks, then pulled his top off and grabbed the woman in a "bear hug" before dropping her and causing her to hit her head.

From BBC

And it imbues the foodstuffs, home goods, clothes, paraphernalia and tchotchkes that hail from here with a sort of unquantifiable, ineffable, sun-kissed, surf-adjacent vibe that wraps around you like a cartoon bear hug.

“Every day, a huge bear hug,” she recalled.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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