lick
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Other houses were given a free lick of paint to spruce them up ahead of the arrival of the heads of state of 32 nations, including US President Donald Trump, the Sozcu newspaper reported.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Against a bracingly lo-fi guitar lick played by his pal Mk.gee,
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026
"But the larger ants seemed to seek the attention of the smaller ants by first visiting their nests and then allowing the small ants to lick and nibble all over them."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
Doctors believe her sepsis might have been caused by something as innocent as a lick from her dog on a small cut or scratch.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
“You don’t have to lick him. Just pet him.”
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
The New York City mayoral candidates got in their last licks Wednesday night at the final debate before the Nov. 4 election, with the three contenders taking jabs at their opponents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
Bobby Wooten III might have been Jepsen’s secret weapon on Tuesday, not least in the stretch from “Gimmie Love” to “All That” to “Boy Problems,” where his chewy pop-funk licks gave the music real bite.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Diligent insect medics, with brains barely as big as the punctuation in size-8 font, were spotted carefully assessing the injuries of nestmates with a few gentle licks before operating with razor-sharp jaws.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024
It’s good old Manchee, the friend who’s proved truest, who wakes me up with licks to my face and a worried murmured word coming thru his Noise and his whines.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Ending work with his label and group, the rapper left for Europe where he made wine, licked his wounds and worked on music in isolation.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Capybaras’ internet fame traces back at least to 2007, when Caplin Rous, a 6-week-old capybara, licked a camera.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
A French teenager who allegedly licked a straw from an orange juice vending machine before putting it back into its dispenser has been charged with committing mischief and being a public nuisance in Singapore.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
The pumpkin rice and peas, seasoned with thyme, from Dominica was a good complement to the Trinidadian curry shrimp, whose pot was licked clean.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
I licked my lips and slipped my feet into my new Sunday school shoes.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
Wall Street is licking its chops over an unprecedented slate of massive IPOs set to arrive in the coming months, beginning with Elon Musk's SpaceX in June.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
She was laser-focused on licking organic peanut butter off a mat, a treat reserved for her biweekly acupuncture sessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
But instead of attacking, the smaller ants climb onto the bigger ones and begin licking and nibbling across their bodies.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
"She took to them straight away and was licking them and just absolutely adored them," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
‘It’s the chocolate, DeShon,” answers Jay, licking his fingers.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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