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Forged in supernovae, magnetars are imbued with magnetic fields a trillion times clingier than refrigerator magnets, strong enough to split x-ray photons and stretch normal atoms into oblong shapes.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 8, 2021

Back in Silver Spring, Yamel Alcantara’s 2-year-old has become clingier than usual, asking to be carried most of the time.

From The Guardian • Apr. 17, 2020

Later on, Rebecca revealed that while she and Alex are also pet parents to two sister cats, Ziggy is “by far the clingier of the two.”

From Fox News • Mar. 4, 2020

To date, it has involved a lot of leather in outsize blouson proportions and knitwear in clingier, artier forms.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2020

Cats are clingier to their human owners than their reputation would suggest.

From Scientific American • Nov. 13, 2019