bearhug

Once Washington gains a toehold-and considering government controls 49 cents on every health care dollar spent, by "toehold" I mean "bearhug" - it is an inescapable reality that whatever it comes up with will be expansive and expensive.

Reason Magazine David Harsanyi 2010

Animal Collective push up Merriweather Post Pavilion's vinyl release note: "bearhug" = summertime clothes!

Prefix 2009

But Lodwick, who gave Spillane a bearhug after the finish, felt the team joy, too.

Two moves impact U.S. gold, silver in Nordic combined 2010

Not infrequently, when an attack is averted, it is done so by these security guards—ubiquitous in Jerusalem—who spot an attacker and bearhug him to the ground.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

Not infrequently, when an attack is averted, it is done so by these security guards—ubiquitous in Jerusalem—who spot an attacker and bearhug him to the ground.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

Not infrequently, when an attack is averted, it is done so by these security guards—ubiquitous in Jerusalem—who spot an attacker and bearhug him to the ground.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

Not infrequently, when an attack is averted, it is done so by these security guards—ubiquitous in Jerusalem—who spot an attacker and bearhug him to the ground.

The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

It was one of the odder embraces in American politics since Sammy Davis Jr. hugged Richard M. Nixon at the Republican Convention 32 years ago this summer: George W. Bush and John McCain's back-wrapping bearhug and side-head-smooch on the campaign trail last week.

Obama Campaign Mapping Out Aggressive Counter-Attack Against Swift-Boating 2009

At the president's house, Holbrooke, who is 6 feet 2, gave the dapper, coiffed Zardari a big bearhug.

Our Man in Afghanistan 2009

Papelbon grabbed his cap and got a bearhug from catcher Jason Varitek, who was lifted up by Papelbon.

This title run had no curse, huge expectations 2007