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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The cats mostly range in age from 8 months old to 2 years old, with some as young as 4 months — and adult guests are free to cuddle, hold and move them around.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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

I hug Naomi and cuddle with Preciada, not wanting to let her go.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

In a third photo, Rudy is seen wearing an orange jumper with the letter "R" on the back, as Moorish-Gallagher's footballer boyfriend Nathaniel Phillips cuddles their son.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2025

She cuddles next to me when I’m sick and sits on my chest when I cry.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025

“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

A person who has serious allergies cuddles a cat?

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

"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 crowd had almost dispersed now, the stragglers giving the monumental figure of Grawp a wide berth as he cuddled Hagrid, whose howls of grief were still echoing across the water.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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

In a joint Instagram post with the outlet, the Hallmark co-stars shared tender photos from an intimate shoot of themselves cuddling their baby girl and posing with their dog, Willoughby.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Love is in the air - and apparently the vegetable crates - after a pair of "cuddling carrots" were discovered among the fresh produce donated to a food recycling organisation.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

“Or cuddling with your pet. Service and volunteerism can also be a joy.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025

He rushes to the living room to wake up Mami and Papi, cuddling with them on the sofa bed until they’re ready to get up.

From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar