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A smiling Serrano lapped up the applause, dancing her way through a line of Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

Unlike dozens of feral cats found dead on farms with outbreaks, these domestic cats didn’t roam around herds, lapping up milk that teemed with virus.

These were the moments the media lapped up and when staff were kept on their toes.

Pope punched the air and lapped up the applause, then saluted the England dressing room.

On stage at Wembley, Swift lapped up the adulation, saying it was "a privilege to do the thing I love, in front of any size crowd at all".