hug

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I’d flown 35 hours to be here, playing Frogger with San Salvador traffic, dodging motorbikes, arms already open for a hug I’d been planning for years.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

He says if he was to ever meet the astronauts he would want to "give all of them a hug for even thinking about me" for their space playlist.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

They then hug the Iranian coast before entering the wider Gulf of Oman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

"We are waiting for their return to France so we can give them a big hug," Anne-Laure Paris, Jacques Paris's daughter, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Luna crosses the street to meet him, and he wraps her into a hug.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison