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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

Free fat-melting procedures, canoodling with private practice plastic surgeons—who was accepting this stuff?

From Slate • Sep. 12, 2022

Later that year, Lopez and Affleck were engaged and canoodling in the “Jenny From the Block” music video.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 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




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