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But a 5-year-old can’t cuddle a compound-interest chart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

“These liddol ones are currently spending quality family time behind the scenes while mom keeps busy with round-the-clock cuddle puddles, grooming and care.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Some humans want to hurt you, and others want to crowd, cage, and cuddle you—when what you really need is just grass, mud, clean water, and a little space.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children have named an eastern grey kangaroo Cwtch, which is Welsh for cuddle, at Australia Zoo.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

The boys cuddle with me, sensing something is wrong.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

"He was giving me cuddles when I put shampoo in his hair."

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

She described how he had changed from being a "polite, funny little boy" who had liked lots of cuddles to one who gets overwhelmed by crowds.

From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026

“Lots of cuddles, silence and hugs,” said Marcovitz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025

This is all so he can coddle his sulky, wild teenage son while expecting Carrie to limit all extracurricular cuddles to her adopted kitty, Shoe.

From Salon ● May 29, 2025

Woo cuddles up in between us and is rewarded with some head scritches from Autumn.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

"How did we mend our relationship? Just being honest with each other, sitting down together, a lot of tears together - we've cried hand-in-hand and cuddled," Benn said.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

A new study -- published in the Human-Animal Interactions journal -- reveals that cows who are cuddled as therapy animals showed a strong preference for interactions with women when compared to men.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

Mayerlin Bracamontes cuddled and played with her 5-month-old daughter as she waited for a train.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

Parker nodded toward the second-story window, where they could see Hazel and Sophie cuddled up with the nanny.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2023

The woman looked at him and cuddled Lyra closer, rocking her back and forth.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

“She remains in our hearts, an inimitable force of nature,” her family wrote in the statement accompanying a photo of Jordan cuddling a cat.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

That’s part of the film’s genius, something that was difficult to see 25 years ago, when the most intimate relationship most people had with technology was cuddling up with their TiVo every night.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

And, as always, cuddling with my dog, Scout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025

In her introduction, she — horrors! — makes his smoothie with the wrong milk and, a beat later, insists on cuddling the cat on their leather sofa.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

“But it’s not romantic. It’s also nonsexual. It’s like, take a regular relationship and instead of kissing, put cuddling and stuff like that. And instead of ‘I love you’s’ it’s like, ‘You’re the greatest.’

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater