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A doctor accused of pouring beer down a younger colleague's cleavage before licking it off and touching her breasts has been suspended for a year.

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The Danish tax authority was left licking its wounds, after failing to establish that a large group of defendants, including Mr Bains, were liable for huge losses it had suffered.

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Imagine my surprise when, instead, I saw her wicker dresser fully engulfed in flame, the fire licking up the wall.

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"We sat on the couch in tears, Ethan and Dylan both wrapped up in each other, then the dog jumped over and started licking the tears off our faces, which was rather silly."

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Roberts isn’t just chewing the scenery; she’s devouring the celluloid and licking her chops, hungry for more.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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