canoodle
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At times in “Hamnet,” 1582, the year of their marriage, could pass for a millennium earlier, a rustic era where neither has anything more pressing to do than canoodle under the trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
It wasn’t the Poconos’ fault people would rather backpack through Europe than canoodle in a heart-shaped hot tub in Pennsylvania.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
You’d canoodle with dumplings and spring rolls and sushi; and then, just as you were getting warmed up for a deeper commitment, the check would appear.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2015
Final Date With Josh: For their final date, Josh and Andi canoodle on a cruise around the Dominican Republic and Andi uses her law degree to grill Josh about what he said to her family.
From Time ● Jul. 29, 2014
This guy is divorced and entitled to go on a date and even canoodle without it being physically documented.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2012
Shawn’s Final Date: The happy couple canoodles in a winery, and Shawn casually asks her, “What else is going on?”
From Time ● Jul. 28, 2015
It is hard to come across as a pesky underdog when your top wide receiver canoodles with Kardashians and your stadium scoreboard showers fans with sapphires after every touchdown.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2010
There was the time Ellen DeGeneres, just days out of the closet, canoodled with new girlfriend Anne Heche right in front of Bill Clinton.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2023
But eagle-eyed viewers also spotted an on-board photographer capturing the moment the couple canoodled on the deck of their yacht.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2021
Though famous couples like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and John Lennon and Yoko Ono once canoodled in happy seclusion here, King Eddy is frequented now more by business masterminds.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2018
And Spicer, a man no self-respecting person would want to be in a same room with, was canoodled by celebrities for the rest of the night.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2017
At the cuddle party, I had canoodled with panache, but had I dominated?
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2010
AI-generated videos and images of Rana and Hajdini on dinner dates and canoodling in an office have circulated on social media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
A fan in the audience proposed to her shortly after photos of her and Trudeau canoodling on a yacht surfaced.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
Holmes, 46, shared several photos of the couple canoodling on the sidelines while rooting for the Razorbacks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Free fat-melting procedures, canoodling with private practice plastic surgeons—who was accepting this stuff?
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2022
I didn’t care if she’d spent all day canoodling with him; I didn’t care if she’d left because she was furious with me.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
