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

The crew, all in tears, came together to hug their commander and friend.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 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

I tried to hug her back, but my limbs were no longer under my control.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows