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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pawed
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The actress nuzzled up next to her husband at the 2017 premiere of Colossal.
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Lopez nuzzled her face into Emme's as the pair smiled while seated at a dining table.
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Electric Bleu is French food caressed with California seasonality and the occasional pop of Aussie nostalgia.
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In a video shared by the Broncos from the unveiling, Smith is seen carefully caressed the statue of her son's face just after the curtain drops.
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But Inge said Baer fondled her breasts the second time, and that didn’t feel right at all.
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Barbara Hunter, a female producer on the show, also revealed her mistreatment, including a time she was fondled by a male staffer in an elevator.
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The French leader has fingered America’s tariff regime for rejiggering the sourcing map.
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In 1978, Derek Boston, who had become a suspect in another murder in the neighborhood, once again fingered Washington, Sims and Ellis in a bid for leniency.
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Schwartz slid between the two of them, kissed Benji first and then Zack, Zack and then Benji, back and forth as lips found lips, hands found flesh, underwear found the floor.
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Barack and Michelle held hands and kissed during the Obama Presidential Center event ahead of its opening later in the week.
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Though slightly loose, the fabric hugged Gray’s frame.
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While Banda was catching up with them, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts walked up from behind and hugged the reliever.
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But did Spilotro go about life as an upstanding model citizen who rubbed elbows with the Vegas elite, while quietly and stealthily protecting the Mafia's financial interests in Vegas casinos?
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With its Jewish delis, atmospheric dive bars, and underground music scene, the Mile End neighborhood minted the defining Montreal cool of the indie aughts—a place where cardiganed Italian grandmas rubbed shoulders with tattooed creatives.
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Workers who get nudged into saving, save.
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Forecasters nudged up their growth outlook, lowered the probability of recession from 33% in April to 25%, and reduced their expectations for the unemployment rate.
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“Pawed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawed. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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