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as in to excite
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Recent Examples of tickle
With an irreverent impudence, generous sprinkles of slap stick and traditional wrapping, this breezy presentation should tickle the funny bones of grade school kids as well as us older coots who enjoy Tim Allen’s acerbic antics.
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Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Because all of this would really tickle him.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The scoring was welcome, certainly, on a team that didn’t tickle the net until nearly eight minutes into it.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
As casting choices go, here is an extreme case where there are no limits on who can play what, sure to tickle some and tick off others on both sides of the aisle.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Because all of this would really tickle him.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
The scoring was welcome, certainly, on a team that didn’t tickle the net until nearly eight minutes into it.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
As casting choices go, here is an extreme case where there are no limits on who can play what, sure to tickle some and tick off others on both sides of the aisle.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tickle
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Later my younger daughter would do the same – itching to be old enough to get out there with her sister.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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Thomas told jurors that Barnett, itching to beat the case, hired him to murder the girl as well as his former defense attorney, David Seltzer.—
Sydney Pereira,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Tapascott said speed alone no longer excites drivers.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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At Square Peg, I was surrounded by more than two dozen filmmakers — all brilliant, all hand-selected — and exactly none were excited by the prospect of building audience or crafting distribution strategy.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
6 Jan. 2026
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Frostbite symptoms depend on tissue injury depth and range from superficial injuries like numbness, tingling or waxy skin to clear blisters and pink tissue.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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That makes numbness different from tingling, a prickly sensation that indicates that a nerve is irritated.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
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Though some Destiny players are not amused.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Hodge was amused that Yamasaki was prone to seasickness.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2026
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Grejo sank scowling back into his chair as though stung by Adi’s answer.—
Jonathan Miles,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Ten inches of snow and freeze-your-assets-off temperatures stung Broadway over the weekend, forcing cancellations and box office drops for some shows by the hundreds of thousands of dollars.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2026
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In titillating news, though, one exec revealed that a bonus special episode could potentially be on the cards before then.—
Daisy Jones,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
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In 2024, Stone took home the award for Best Actress for her portrayal of the titillating Bella Baxter in Lanthimos's Poor Things.—
Tessa Petak,
InStyle,
11 Jan. 2026
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The invasive beetle bores into wood and kills ash trees by eating tissues under the bark.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The rousing trailer finds Prince Adam bored to death hiding out at a generic corporate desk job on Earth when his precious sword is discovered, which sends him on a wild odyssey back to the land of Eternia and its talking tigers, spaceships, gothic castles, and magic swords.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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My love for wine is always satiated at their Sierra Mar restaurant, beloved for its extensive bottles from around the world and farm-to-table dishes served against floor-to-ceiling windows that frame jagged cliffs.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
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For those with a hankering for farm-to-table cuisine, Handle’s menu of fresh, simple dishes will satiate the craving.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
10 Dec. 2025
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“Tickle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tickle. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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