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cuddle

[kuhd-l] / ˈkʌd l /


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Now, I have a cup of tea and give my daughter a cuddle.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

The cats mostly range in age from 8 months old to 2 years old, with some as young as 4 months — and adult guests are free to cuddle, hold and move them around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Some humans want to hurt you, and others want to crowd, cage, and cuddle you—when what you really need is just grass, mud, clean water, and a little space.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children have named an eastern grey kangaroo Cwtch, which is Welsh for cuddle, at Australia Zoo.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

Bo leaned in for one last cuddle, and I wrapped my arms round him and gave him a kiss on his head.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

She cuddles next to me when I’m sick and sits on my chest when I cry.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025

“Lots of cuddles, silence and hugs,” said Marcovitz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

This is all so he can coddle his sulky, wild teenage son while expecting Carrie to limit all extracurricular cuddles to her adopted kitty, Shoe.

From Salon ● May 29, 2025

"She basically just ran into my arms and just snuggled up in here and just did the biggest cuddles of all time," she was quoted as saying by the AP news agency on Wednesday.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2025

Woo cuddles up in between us and is rewarded with some head scritches from Autumn.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

A new study -- published in the Human-Animal Interactions journal -- reveals that cows who are cuddled as therapy animals showed a strong preference for interactions with women when compared to men.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

Rahena pulled her daughter into her lap and cuddled her.

From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024

Leiland-James was initially placed with a foster carer, Charlotte Day, who said he was a "beautiful, happy, contented little boy" who "did not cry much" and "loved being cuddled and carried".

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2024

“They’ll get cuddled and caressed — the cats will be happy,” she said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

He cuddled the small body close to him, and rubbed the little back.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

“She remains in our hearts, an inimitable force of nature,” her family wrote in the statement accompanying a photo of Jordan cuddling a cat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

That’s part of the film’s genius, something that was difficult to see 25 years ago, when the most intimate relationship most people had with technology was cuddling up with their TiVo every night.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Eyton said: "We get a lot of flowers donated at this time of the year so the tables will look beautiful and I may bring the cuddling carrots along too."

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

And, as always, cuddling with my dog, Scout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

When I gave him a thorough tickling session and some tremendous raspberries on his belly, he cheered, cuddling up to me.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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