canoodle
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We’ll still see the Tramp and his Lady canoodle, But they’ll kiss at the end of a gluten-free zoodle.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2018
So couples canoodle without shame in parks, and tacos, tortas and quesadillas are eaten standing up on the side of a street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2018
After escaping Olivia’s clutches, Ben slips out of the compound to canoodle in the streets with Lauren B. and Jubilee gets more and more worked up.
From Time ● Feb. 1, 2016
You’d canoodle with dumplings and spring rolls and sushi; and then, just as you were getting warmed up for a deeper commitment, the check would appear.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2015
Anyone who has endured watching couples shamelessly canoodle on Facebook or Twitter should be relieved.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2013
Shawn’s Final Date: The happy couple canoodles in a winery, and Shawn casually asks her, “What else is going on?”
From Time ● Jul. 28, 2015
It is hard to come across as a pesky underdog when your top wide receiver canoodles with Kardashians and your stadium scoreboard showers fans with sapphires after every touchdown.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2010
But eagle-eyed viewers also spotted an on-board photographer capturing the moment the couple canoodled on the deck of their yacht.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2021
And Spicer, a man no self-respecting person would want to be in a same room with, was canoodled by celebrities for the rest of the night.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2017
A couple in their early 20s, in matching his-and-hers fedoras, canoodled on stools pulled close together.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2016
At the cuddle party, I had canoodled with panache, but had I dominated?
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2010
On a recent hot afternoon, couples canoodled in the shade of a park in front of the colonial town hall.
From Washington Post
Behind the scenes, away from all of the media rantings and ravings, and the cheap thrill it gives to revive the passé term canoodling, it is surely traumatic and sad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
A fan in the audience proposed to her shortly after photos of her and Trudeau canoodling on a yacht surfaced.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Moments after we saw the grieving widower in tears, he was canoodling with someone he’d just met.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Free fat-melting procedures, canoodling with private practice plastic surgeons—who was accepting this stuff?
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2022
I didn’t care if she’d spent all day canoodling with him; I didn’t care if she’d left because she was furious with me.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
