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tickle

[tik-uhl] / ˈtɪk əl /


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It’s unclear, but her absurd recommendations tickle Kelly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Red Bull's Max Verstappen says the changes to Formula 1's rules amount to "a tickle" in terms of addressing his and other drivers' concerns about the new style of racing.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 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

But Sora also cost massive compute run time, with OpenAI spending a reported $15 million a day to tickle a nonpaying public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

Strands of escaping hair tickle my cheek, and my jumpsuit lumps in spots.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

Linda Kirby, a receptionist at Polly's Field Village in Deanery Hill in Braintree, Essex, said in June she reported a leak that tickles down Church Lane and forms a puddle next to Chantry Close.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Instead, he wants them to think, “Dad’s involved, Dad’s helping out, Dad’s giving me tickles before bed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

In the same facility today, the strong aroma of spices tickles visitors’ noses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

Your partner tickles your foot — you might reflexively withdraw the foot without waking up and becoming conscious, right?

From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2024

It’s delicious, a fizzy strawberry flavor that tickles my insides.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Still, judging by trends on social media, it seems a lot of people are tickled by the idea that such an outcome is even remotely possible.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026

She agreed, tickled to reprise her role again.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

"It just really tickled me - it's the contradiction," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

We were tickled, then, to see another iteration of our favorite story appear in Politico amid Becerra’s rise: an anonymity-heavy piece quoting the politician’s former administration colleagues calling him a loser.

From Slate ● May 9, 2026

The poultice sort of tickled but the pain was too vicious and I was fighting the cold too hard.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

After five hours of a painless electric tickling sensation, he had a fresh arm, and he was sent back out into battle.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

He was born to pose backlit by a pyre of flaming zombies and does so here, with the hot wind tickling his locks perfectly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025

It was Steves who first gave me the confidence to get lost, to strike up conversations, to stand still for a while in one place rather than tickling off landmarks on a list.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025

So Ess settled down and came to watch as Jinny pulled a frame from the hive, ignoring the bees that crawled and buzzed and settled on her skin, tickling.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder




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