hug
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A feed from KCAL-TV showed Mayor Bass recognized him and came over and gave him a long hug.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
There was a cordial handshake between Xi and Modi, not the latter's signature hug.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“I saw the place that he went and how much love lifted him up — how when I’d give him a hug, I could see him smile, knowing how much pain he was enduring.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The first night when I went to give the 4 year old a good night hug and kiss, she recoiled and said I was “furry.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
In fact, he was so grateful that his strongest impulse was to give C.C. a big hug as a way of saying thanks.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
From the vendor selling paletas in the plaza to guests at a five-star hotel, she is instantly recognized and surrounded by people seeking selfies and hugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Utopia exists between the care and the kisses and the how you doin’s, it becomes flesh and bone in the embrace of full body hugs and smiles so wide they could devour the sun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
After imposing an effective blockade on the strait, Iran has insisted ships take a route that hugs the Iranian coast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Tehran has refused to let ships travel any route other than one which hugs the Iranian coast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
He gives me a tired smile and hugs me back.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Roses are placed on the tables where supporters nibbled from snack plates, hugged, all smiles, and sipped from glasses of sparkling wine or beer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
"She hugged me and started to cry. My mind just stopped working."
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Fong wept as the unanimous verdicts were read out and hugged family and friends after being released from the dock.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
As they prepared to leave the lounge, the three hugged each other warmly and said they were looking forward to getting together the following week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
They hugged the hot stove and were silent.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
As he spoke, mothers in the back rows swayed from side to side, hugging exhausted toddlers who had missed nap time.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Horvath and members of the Los Angeles Fire Department also could be seen speaking with and hugging Kovacik and other NBC4 journalists on the scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The U.S. military has provided some protection to tankers moving through the strait hugging Oman’s coast, and ship-to-ship transfers have been a growing way to get crude flowing out of the Middle East again.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
"There was screaming and hugging of total strangers and a lot of silence," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Father leaps down, hugging and lifting me off the ground.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
