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It’s unclear, but her absurd recommendations tickle Kelly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Red Bull's Max Verstappen says the changes to Formula 1's rules amount to "a tickle" in terms of addressing his and other drivers' concerns about the new style of racing.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

But Sora also cost massive compute run time, with OpenAI spending a reported $15 million a day to tickle a nonpaying public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

A whiff of lemongrass and wet soil tickle the nose in Palli Fleischer Lyberth's vertical farm in Sisimiut, the second-largest town in the Danish autonomous territory.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

I want to bury my head in her shoulder and feel her hair tickle my cheeks.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

Not unlike, say, a Whit Stillman movie or an episode of “Frasier,” it tickles the literary parts of the brain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

Dr Chris van Tulleken says as an infection scientist he sees nature as a positively challenging environment that "tickles your immune system".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

Locals on the street think he might be a ballplayer or a famous rapper — hip-hop’s global reach only tickles Khalid — but they wind up just liking his company.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2024

Your partner tickles your foot — you might reflexively withdraw the foot without waking up and becoming conscious, right?

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024

But eventually she begins to respond to him, cackling when he tickles her stomach, or pushes her in a swing operated by a noisy crank, or when he cries out “Peekaboo.”

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Still, judging by trends on social media, it seems a lot of people are tickled by the idea that such an outcome is even remotely possible.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

With the next delivery, Archer produced a lifter that Nicholls tickled behind.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

At last year’s staging of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Paul Mescal, theatergoers were positively tickled as Blanche DuBois spiraled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

“I’m tickled that I could do something like that for someone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

Every step Danny took in the tall grass tickled his ankles.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

A spontaneous laugh triggered by tickling differs from a polite laugh during a meeting, a nervous laugh after making a mistake, or contagious laughter shared among friends.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

“Murderbot,” on the other hand, earns that superlative by tickling us with the thought that while our disquietude about AI’s takeover is legitimate, machines are in no way prepared for every aspect of it.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025

He’s about 1 year old and he’s on the couch with my grandma, and my grandma was making fun of him, maybe tickling him or something, I don’t remember exactly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025

Alife described lying down on the sidecar as "tummy tickling due to the vibrations" and said it felt like he was "off the ground gliding".

From BBC ● May 26, 2024

She loved tickling him, building tunnels with cushions and pillows for him to crawl through, watching him fall asleep in her arms with one of his hands always clutching her ear.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini