tickle
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Yet he’s also known to tickle Will and rally for his business schemes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Then she shares a delightful, fact-based piece of trivia like, “Hey, did you know that rats giggle when you tickle them?”
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
A whiff of lemongrass and wet soil tickle the nose in Palli Fleischer Lyberth's vertical farm in Sisimiut, the second-largest town in the Danish autonomous territory.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Or that night we stumbled onto a giant controlled burn and saw the flames reach up and tickle the moon and recognized the gnawing feeling that fire is something we can only feign to control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026
Aru felt a tickle at the back of her throat.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Not unlike, say, a Whit Stillman movie or an episode of “Frasier,” it tickles the literary parts of the brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Dr Chris van Tulleken says as an infection scientist he sees nature as a positively challenging environment that "tickles your immune system".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
“It’s such a nerdy sport but for some reason it does something for me, it’s something that tickles my brain,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
Your partner tickles your foot — you might reflexively withdraw the foot without waking up and becoming conscious, right?
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024
She tickles me in my ribs, and I can’t help but laugh.
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
She agreed, tickled to reprise her role again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
"I would just be tickled to have all of them there engaging in some silly goosery," Knox, who has been a Swiftie since 2005, tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
But I also adored that Frémaux was so clearly tickled to valorize an audience-thrilling blockbuster, because Cannes can do that, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
At my age to be in the same space with you for the Grammys, I am so tickled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026
As the night progressed, it grew stronger and stronger until finally it tickled my nose and I sneezed myself awake.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
A spontaneous laugh triggered by tickling differs from a polite laugh during a meeting, a nervous laugh after making a mistake, or contagious laughter shared among friends.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
Henson also noted at the time that former Dodgers third baseman Adrián Beltré had “reported a ghostly presence turning on lights and tickling his toes” during a 2001 stay at the Pfister.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
The left-hander spent six balls on 99 before tickling Jasprit Bumrah very fine for four.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
“Murderbot,” on the other hand, earns that superlative by tickling us with the thought that while our disquietude about AI’s takeover is legitimate, machines are in no way prepared for every aspect of it.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
In a swift motion, Uncle Phil grabs me around the waist and starts tickling me.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
