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[tik-uhl] / ˈtɪk əl /


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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Then she shares a delightful, fact-based piece of trivia like, “Hey, did you know that rats giggle when you tickle them?”

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 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

Lost in thought, Victor began to tickle it behind the ears until it started to purr and lick his fingers with its rough tongue.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke

Linda Kirby, a receptionist at Polly's Field Village in Deanery Hill in Braintree, Essex, said in June she reported a leak that tickles down Church Lane and forms a puddle next to Chantry Close.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

“The real strength is this combination of virtual reality, some live action and animation. When it’s done well, it stretches the imagination and tickles the funny bone.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

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

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024

They say things sometimes that tickles me nearly tuh death, but Ah won’t laugh jus’ tuh dis-incourage ’em.”

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

However, with a sly smile Kennedy confesses that her granny "would have been absolutely tickled pink to think of Gillian Anderson playing her".

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

The park and its surroundings exploded into a collective cheer that tickled my rib cage and resonated deep in my ear canal to the point I had to cover my ears.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

We were tickled, then, to see another iteration of our favorite story appear in Politico amid Becerra’s rise: an anonymity-heavy piece quoting the politician’s former administration colleagues calling him a loser.

From Slate ● May 9, 2026

His whiskers tickled her neck, and she squirmed a bit, finally settling with her forehead pressed to his.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

After five hours of a painless electric tickling sensation, he had a fresh arm, and he was sent back out into battle.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 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

Fig trotted at my heels, his gray fur tickling my ankle.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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