licking
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McLaren were left licking their wounds after a strong first part of the race in which Piastri was looking on course for a potential podium.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
While the conference’s other top teams spent the day licking their wounds, here, once again, was Mosley weaving joyfully through the open field and conjuring the very same magic from thin air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
And, notably, they eat Cane’s, whether it’s buying entire orders of just Texas toast or dunking their entire hand into a fountain cup of Cane’s Sauce and licking it off their fingers.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
She was laser-focused on licking organic peanut butter off a mat, a treat reserved for her biweekly acupuncture sessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
“I wish today was pizza day,” he says, licking his lips.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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
Two years later, at the polls, it took one of the most surprising lickings in U.S. political history.
From Time Magazine Archive
The G.O.P. had taken two good lickings in Philadelphia in 1951 and 1952, and was more or less resigned to another.
From Time Magazine Archive
In one tournament after another, Tony took embarrassing lickings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even a private secretary had learned to control his tones and guard his features and betray no joy over the "lickings" of an enemy -- in the enemy's presence.
From The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams
