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French-kissing

verb

present participle of French-kiss

as in kissing

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The Emmy nominee and Grammy winner met in 2021 at a party and were later seen kissing on a date in Brooklyn.

— Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Qualley was first romantically linked with Antonoff in the summer of 2021, after they were spotted kissing in Brooklyn.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026

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The first mode is a more simple impact detonation — simply put, smacking the asteroid's surface to create a shallow crater, in which a nuclear device is exploded.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 7 July 2026
Gill saved the first shot in the penalty shootout against Germany, diving to his left and smacking away the ball headed for the back of the net.

— Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN Money, 7 July 2026

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The late-night host has been on a hilarious smooching spree during his second-to-last week on the air, kissing several guests in recent days.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The new couple was most recently spotted smooching and holding hands in Los Angeles' Los Feliz neighborhood on Friday, April 3, and getting coffees on Sunday, April 5.

— Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026

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