as in welcoming
to receive or accept gladly or readily
a show-off who laps up attention the way a kitten does milk
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Primo notes that finding their personas first in the welcoming theater world, before going to a ball, has its advantages.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026 -
After Seth stepped away from his band NEEDTOBREATHE last year and Tori navigated a journey with infertility, the two are overjoyed to be welcoming another little one.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
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Across Florida and throughout the country, behavioral-health providers are increasingly embracing approaches that focus on the whole person and the whole family.—
Maria Bledsoe,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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Hirokazu Koreeda brings his customary warmth and generosity of spirit to the seemingly cold presence of GenAI in our lives in Sheep in the Box (Hako no naka no hitsuji), in which grieving parents hope to ease their pain by embracing a humanoid built in their dead son’s image.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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“Lapping (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lapping%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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