canoodle

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At times in “Hamnet,” 1582, the year of their marriage, could pass for a millennium earlier, a rustic era where neither has anything more pressing to do than canoodle under the trees.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

In one clever bit of staging, Hamlet tarries in the forefront as the king and queen canoodle in back and guards race by mid-stage between them, fresh from sighting the former king’s ghost.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022

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

A series of surreal illustrations features Adam and Eve feeding grapes to vegetarian dinosaurs while lions and cheetahs canoodle with an avaceratops.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2013

As they canoodle, Jef tells Emily that he dumped the last girl he brought he home because his parents didn’t like her.

From Time • Jun. 26, 2012