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[kis] / kɪs /




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At the Golden Globes, where the film landed four awards, the couple shared a quick kiss when McDonagh won best screenplay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

When he tried to seal the moment with a kiss, the first lady turned her head, leaving him to lip-lock her hair instead.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Research by the Lullaby Trust has highlighted the pressure some parents feel when asking people not to kiss or touch their baby.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

I was in Dad’s sightline just as he was about to kiss Lana Turner while shooting the 1952 film “The Bad and the Beautiful.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Scruffy, Mr. McGuire's golden retriever, came up to Gregory and gave him a kiss.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene

Folger appears on the steps above the stage in “pastor’s wife” garb, blowing kisses to the “congregants” as she descends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The major gimmick is to trot out surprise Marvel characters for applause moments, like guest stars blowing air kisses to the crowd on a variety show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Within moments of the series’ opening, she’s sliding a pie in the oven and futzing over tiny tarts and meringue kisses to photograph for her Hungry with Hollis followers.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Shatner and Nichelle Nichols, a Black actress who played Lieutenant Uhura, made history in 1968 with one of the first interracial kisses ever seen on US television.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Neither of us says anything, and after a while he kisses my forehead and lets go.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

"I kissed Bentancur in the dressing room because we need this type of reaction, this character. Football is character," he told Sky Sports.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Upon accepting her Oscar for supporting actress for the film, the nine-months pregnant Saint kissed the statuette and joked, “I may have the baby right here.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Known for creating an indelible VMAs moment when she kissed Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera onstage during a 2003 medley, Madonna also opened the show with her first performance at the event since that night.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

A second complainant told jurors he had kissed Bowen in a café after being "goaded" into it by other boys.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Molly kissed the phone. She wanted to see what her lip print looked like.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Even though the goal came against his former club, Maddison celebrated with his trademark imaginary dart throwing motion before kissing the badge on his Spurs shirt.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

But jet fuel and diesel are the kissing cousins of the energy world, both coming from the same middle-distillate group at the refining stage.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

For his video discussing the book he used an edition with a colorful pop-art cover of a couple kissing, which is sold out in several bookstores in Rio de Janeiro.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

It’s also just an interesting thing, kissing a friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

First his father appearing in the mirror, then Clara kissing him—or maybe just Clara in general—and now this.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny


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