cheek to cheek

phrase

: with one another's cheeks touching
They were sitting/dancing/posing cheek to cheek.

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Queen Latifah and Lauryn Hill go cheek to cheek at the 2026 BET Awards in Los Angeles on June 28. Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026 Approaching one pool, a family was cheek to cheek, gazing at a small octopus that had ventured out slightly from a sheltered rock alcove. Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025 Scooter Jackson, the junior safety, grinned from cheek to cheek when reminiscing over his game-saving tackle for loss on Drew Allar on Saturday – forcing the turnover on downs that allowed UCLA to put away its 42-37 final score. Benjamin Royer, Daily News, 7 Oct. 2025 In the snapshot shared, Julian and Madison posed cheek to cheek while smiling at the camera before them. Nicholas Rice, People.com, 5 July 2025 The worst was when people would call us sisters; my eyes rolled to the back of my head as my mom would smile from cheek to cheek. Sarah Carrillo, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024

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“Cheek to cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cheek%20to%20cheek. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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