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tight embrace



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There the pair shared a tight embrace – a goodbye of sorts.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Once Chantel returns home and finishes Sydney’s braids, T.J. sends the chef off with a tight embrace and the ultimate compliment.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

It casually wraps an airy open terrace glimpsed on an upper level, while the adjacent sculpture compresses space in a tight embrace, the sky glimpsed through a narrow aperture at the top.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2022

All the logic and desire that guides a female frog to a specific pond vanishes once she arrives, and a melee ensues as males race to cling to her in a tight embrace called amplexus.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Without saying a word, he pulls Mustafa and me into a tight embrace for what seems like a long time before letting us go.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan




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