licking
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He sips small amounts of ice water because drinking too much is akin to licking one’s lips, causing them to chap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
But instead of attacking, the smaller ants climb onto the bigger ones and begin licking and nibbling across their bodies.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 14, 2026
"She took to them straight away and was licking them and just absolutely adored them," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
Private equity buyers are probably licking their chops; Orlando Bravo, the founder of private-equity firm Thoma Bravo, said as much during an interview from Davos last month.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
He was whimpering and whining, and licking Daisy’s hands, and begging her not to put that stinging, burning stuff on him.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
After all the investments they had made into her business, she said they were left with the "lickings of a dog" and felt it was "a kick in the teeth".
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2024
For seven years the League plum has meant rich lickings to the Swiss city of Geneva.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tammany took one of the bad lickings it takes once in a generation, then cleaned house after a fashion and picked a new boss, young District Leader James J. Dooling.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two years later, at the polls, it took one of the most surprising lickings in U.S. political history.
From Time Magazine Archive
Any boy who liked him he usually liked back, and showed his affection, as he did in my case, by frequent lickings.
From Tom, Dick and Harry by Talbot Baines Reed
