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as in nursing
to give milk to from the breast
the image of a mother suckling her babe is a standard artistic symbol of maternal love and nurturing
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Recent Examples of suckling
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
The quiet, rhythmic suckling that babies do when feeding.
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Aisha Muharrar,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
24 Nov. 2025
Those people under him are suckling on his piggly-wiggly titties.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Noun
As the deck crew struggles to keep their head above water, Josh spends two days on a cochinillo, a Spanish-style suckling pig.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
The quiet, rhythmic suckling that babies do when feeding.
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Aisha Muharrar,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
The pups have the epicurean delight of suckling one of the highest fat-content milks in the animal kingdom.
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
24 Nov. 2025
Those people under him are suckling on his piggly-wiggly titties.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suckling
Noun
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The Olathe Police Department was seeking the public’s help in locating 7-month-old infant and her mother, 28-year-old Caprice Viehouser, who were last seen May 28 near the 2100 block of East Arrowhead Drive.
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With the exception of infant formula, that isn’t the case, Collins said.
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The evidence suggests helping people with physical and cognitive limitations stay home costs states less than the alternative, which is nursing home care.
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This is a team that is nursing multiple injuries.
Noun
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That lack of legal status might make some newborns immediately eligible for deportation.
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This free reading program for children from newborns to age 8 at West Atlanta Watershed Alliance includes a hands-on activity.
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The connection between the films goes far beyond the presence of a foundling.
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When Heathcliff, a foundling, discovers that Cathy Earnshaw, the daughter of the impoverished Yorkshire lord who’s taken him in, has played a prank on him by putting eggs in his beds to be crushed, the boy plunges his fingers into the slippery puddle of yolk and albumen left behind.
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There have been publications about nicotine transmission and neonates after blood transfusion.
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For studies measuring neonates’ looking time at faces, this included 667 infants, half of them boys and half of them girls.
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The chandelier above was lit, as was the candelabra, with its base of fruit and sculpted cherubs.
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In Wood’s ritzy dressing room worthy of Elizabeth Taylor, a cherub hangs overhead, while a leap of ceramic leopards prowls the lounge.
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“Suckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suckling. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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