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as in to cuddle
to touch one another with the lips as a sign of love
it's traditional for couples to kiss under the mistletoe at Christmastime
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as in to brush
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
a gentle breeze kissing the water's surface
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Recent Examples of kiss
His wife walked up to the stage, hugged and kissed him.
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Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 6 July 2017
In another Instagram, Chyna is kissing a man who is not Rob.
—Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 5 July 2017
Read as a mama kangaroo hops her joey off to bed, while baby bats wake up to play, and a human Mama kisses her baby goodnight.
—South Florida Parenting, 3 July 2017
With the last one gone, Taba kisses the empty floor.
—Holly Millea, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017
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Maxine Bernstein, OregonLive.com, 6 July 2017
In another Instagram, Chyna is kissing a man who is not Rob.
—Tess Koman, Cosmopolitan, 5 July 2017
Read as a mama kangaroo hops her joey off to bed, while baby bats wake up to play, and a human Mama kisses her baby goodnight.
—South Florida Parenting, 3 July 2017
With the last one gone, Taba kisses the empty floor.
—Holly Millea, Smithsonian, 29 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kiss
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Set to soft music, the Instagram video opened with throwback photos of Meghan, Prince Harry, 40, and Guy, from the couple cuddling the pup to Guy on the mend with his legs in casts and Meghan standing by a tree with Guy at her feet during her pregnancy with Prince Archie.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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Oh, and watching Hallmark movies with my Angie cuddling next to me.—
Robin Raven,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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McCourt brushed off the suggestion as outside the parameters of true capitalism.—
Clare Malone,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Despite attempts to address the issue, the older sister consistently brushed off her concerns.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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The singer, 29, and actor, 34, appeared to lock lips at midnight, as the two can be seen smooching in the background of a photo in a celebratory New Year's Eve Instagram carousel posted by Lipa on Friday, Jan. 3.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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Babygirl is a significant step above the latest crop of cross-generational Netflix romances, like Lonely Planet (Laura Dern smooches Liam Hemsworth) or A Family Affair (Kidman again, paired up with Zac Efron).—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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Dan Sheldon Golf: A hole-in-one There’s no greater satisfaction in sport than carefully caressing a little white ball into a slightly larger hole in the ground with a metal stick.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025
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The soil caressed my bare feet, and the dust was always boiling up from the dirt road that passed 50 feet from our front door.—
Philip Martin,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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Colvin then turned to hug reporter Liz Kreutz, who watched the reunion.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
13 Jan. 2025
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Meghan hugged a woman affected by the disaster as the pair wore dust masks to help protect them from the aftermath of the blaze.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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It was considered one of the major fires in Malibu but nothing that’s ever happened can begin to touch what’s going on right now.—
Ali MacGraw,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Jan. 2025
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Without your Administrator password, the thief can't touch your data.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
14 Jan. 2025
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Bosco snuggled with her daughter to watch TV and comforted their other canine who wasn't feeling well.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
12 Jan. 2025
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Happy Birthday to my sweet little guy who snuggles like no one else and loves getting lost in his own little world.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Kiss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kiss. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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