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But the thrill of getting a small, albeit satisfying lick back against a corporation is only one part of the fun.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Other houses were given a free lick of paint to spruce them up ahead of the arrival of the heads of state of 32 nations, including US President Donald Trump, the Sozcu newspaper reported.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

His low-stakes collaborative album with Partynextdoor last year suggested he might just lick his wounds and blow right past it.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Already, the club’s lush greenery looks like it could use a lick of paint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

TV shows and movies and books always have angry librarians following loud kids up and down, telling them to hush, but our school librarian doesn’t care a single lick.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Across two hours, Buckley’s Bride shoots, kicks, contorts, dances, scrapes, whizzes, licks and screams, all the while coming no closer to her true self than she was at the start of the film.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

He licks, he yodels, he sleeps on a purple pillow.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026

Bobby Wooten III might have been Jepsen’s secret weapon on Tuesday, not least in the stretch from “Gimmie Love” to “All That” to “Boy Problems,” where his chewy pop-funk licks gave the music real bite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

Diligent insect medics, with brains barely as big as the punctuation in size-8 font, were spotted carefully assessing the injuries of nestmates with a few gentle licks before operating with razor-sharp jaws.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024

She smells like cheese—not great but not bad—and instead of biting my head off, she licks my face.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

Ending work with his label and group, the rapper left for Europe where he made wine, licked his wounds and worked on music in isolation.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Capybaras’ internet fame traces back at least to 2007, when Caplin Rous, a 6-week-old capybara, licked a camera.

From Slate ● May 27, 2026

The pumpkin rice and peas, seasoned with thyme, from Dominica was a good complement to the Trinidadian curry shrimp, whose pot was licked clean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The Robins licked their wounds and stormed their way to last season's Super League Grand Final.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

Oscar licked the poor robot’s face and Jad leaned in close.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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

Beware of lilies, which are toxic to cats; even chewing the leaves or licking pollen off their fur while grooming can be fatal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

And it isn’t just SpaceX, but also Anthropic and OpenAI and the unceasing chatter and licking of chops over the mind-bending explosion of intergenerational wealth anticipated by their pending IPOs, that gives me pause.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Woo’s mouth is also open, but only because he’s licking cinnamon off his fur.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer