tongue
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A national treasure of a pairing which rolls off the tongue like Morecambe and Wise or Punch and Judy.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
He looked like Bill the Cat in the “Bloom County” comic strip as he stuck out his tongue and made a sound that sounded like “Aack.”
From Salon • May 22, 2026
Over the course of the austral summer, the floating ice tongue steadily broke apart through repeated calving events, leading to a retreat of roughly 16 kilometers.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
He picks up the story of his tongue: “They laid it out there and it was wiggling around,” he says, grinning before turning serious again.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Opal stared at me and then flicked out her tongue and wound it around her mouth, like a frog catching flies.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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