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The US's latest figures show the economy slowed in recent months, but it is still growing at fair lick.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

In making “Never Be the Same,” Thompson wanted to allow room for the “devastating moment,” a point in a song where something unexpected can happen, “that one lick where you just melt.”

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Against a bracingly lo-fi guitar lick played by his pal Mk.gee,

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

About every ten feet, I would feel his warm tongue lick my hand.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The more dramatic opening with stealthy guitar licks sets up Mr. Frampton’s superb rock solos and talk box and Mr. Mayo’s jazzy interlude on electric piano.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

Say a video starts with a scared dog who, seconds later, licks their rescuer’s face.

From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2025

To figure out which rope to go through, to strap up, to go in and know that you are going to have to take a hit, you're going to have to take licks.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024

You could spend days under your headphones unraveling the dense weave of riffs, licks, rhythms and languages in this song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2024

Deb licks peanut butter off her finger before answering.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Maximilien licked the straw from an iJooz machine in Goldhill Centre on 12 March, in one of the city-state's more affluent neighbourhoods, after a boxing workout, Channel News Asia reported.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

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

Anya licked her lips and clenched her fists, and as the red of the setting sun lit the forest, Anya plunged into it.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Lower rates would be welcome news for tech investors, who are still licking their wounds from the past week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 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

Mr. Whiskers perched himself on the still-empty chicken coop—I hoped to order some chicks soon from Sears and Roebuck—earnestly licking the mud from his white paws.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson