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as in to excite
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Recent Examples of tickle
From sushi and sandos to lime corn salad, dan dan noodles and sweet Breton butter cake, via camel milk chocolates, spicy fries, beetroot rice and lily flowering tea, there will be something on the menu to tickle your palate.
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Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The boy shouted gleefully as his parents tickled him.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Instead, she’s simply tickled at the chance to add some creative sparkle.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The humor still tickles, especially when the score by Mary Rodgers (music) and Barer (lyrics) accelerates the high jinks.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The boy shouted gleefully as his parents tickled him.
—Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Instead, she’s simply tickled at the chance to add some creative sparkle.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024
Advertisement The humor still tickles, especially when the score by Mary Rodgers (music) and Barer (lyrics) accelerates the high jinks.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tickle
Verb
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This is when skin tends to itch, crack, and break more than usual—especially sensitive skin.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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Another obstacle blocking advanced meditation’s path into the mainstream is that a critical mass of Americans aren’t exactly itching to become full-on Buddhists.Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
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This month is about rediscovering your heart’s desires and what truly excites you in love.Valerie Mesa, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Was the real-time format baked in from the get-go, and was that part of what excited you about a return to the genre? That calls into question all the various chronologies of this and all the different sort of iterations.Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
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Even our testers with sensitive skin reported no discomfort, only a soothing tingling sensation in areas of tension or dryness.Jennifer Ford, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement The tingling sensation that gives ASMR its reputation — a pleasant, cascading feeling that flows from head to shoulders — only affects about 20% of people, according to Dr. Elizabeth Ko, medical director of the UCLA Health Integrative Medicine Collaborative.Jackie Snow, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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The interaction sparked a wave of varied reactions online, leaving many shocked and others amused while some just wanted in on the joke.Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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But Denmark, Greenland and Panama don’t appear amused by the tactic.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025
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One day later Miami would kick off its plans for 2025 right by landing former Georgia starting quarterback Carson Beck in the transfer portal (more on that in a bit), but, still, this Orange Bowl had to sting Cristobal over all that might have been.Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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That loss hurt, of course, and losing the Super Bowl this time around would sting, too.Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025
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While men led the team on the field, women’s role in big-time Baptist college football was to titillate and entertain.Hunter M. Hampton / Made by History, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
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Nathan is scandalized by this while the show is titillated.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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The engine had been bored out to a 6.0-liter displacement, while a new magnesium intake manifold helped boost muscle to about 542 hp.Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025
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Holes were bored into its sides to ventilate a sputtering wood stove.Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Heads turn in Palermo’s dining room as servers deliver heaping towers of lasagna ($38), each five-pound slice gargantuan enough to easily satiate three customers.Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025
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But, for a lot of people, the end of the year holidays become about satiating ourselves with excess.Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Tickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tickle. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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