lick
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In making “Never Be the Same,” Thompson wanted to allow room for the “devastating moment,” a point in a song where something unexpected can happen, “that one lick where you just melt.”
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
The cone ants used their tongue-like mouthparts to lick the harvester ants' bodies, even reaching inside their open jaws.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
For now he will continue to lead Hungary in a caretaker role, while he and his party lick their wounds.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
The results are wondrous and unsettling: People without a lick of coding experience are building things that once required trained software developers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
“You don’t have to lick him. Just pet him.”
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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