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caresses

  • plural of caress.
  • present tense form of caress (3rd person singular).

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In Ain Ebel's cemetery, Jallad caresses her son's tombstone, surrounded by women trying to comfort her.

From Barron's Mar. 16, 2026

We see Ella Fitzgerald at New York’s Basin Street East in the mid-1950s; her eyes closed, she gently leans into a microphone that she caresses with both hands.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 21, 2025

D’Angelo asks that question — worries it, caresses it, plumbs its unseen depths — no fewer than two dozen times in what might have been his signature hit.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 15, 2025

She picks up a doll with red hair and caresses it gently.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2023

Instead, she lets go of whatever she is holding and caresses my cheek until I meet her eyes.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon