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as in to snug
to sit or recline comfortably or cozily it's particularly nice to snuggle next to the fire on a snowy day

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as in to cuddle
to lie close snuggle up to a friendly cat

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Recent Examples of snuggle Writer-director Nicholas Stoller and the cast of his new Prime Video comedy You're Cordially Invited quickly shut down an offer for star and producer Will Ferrell to snuggle with a real alligator for a scene in the movie. Jessica Wang, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025 For that evening a lovely crescent moon will appear to snuggle up close to Venus, particularly for skywatchers across the Western Hemisphere. Joe Rao, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025 Below, nine shearling coat and jacket outfits that make snuggling up this winter all the more stylish. Laura Jackson, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2025 In one scene, Bill Skarsgård had to lay in a closed coffin snuggled up against some 30 rats. Laura Bradley, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snuggle
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  • Move off-road, and an adaptive air suspension can hoist the R1S to a Hummer-esque 37.8 centimeters of ground clearance, enough for leisurely dips in 1.1-meter-deep water; its 149-kWh battery snugged in carbon fiber, aluminum and high-strength steel.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Our job was to stretch and snug the uppers to the bottom of the lasts.
    Heshel Rolnick, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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  • Russell, our soldier, is accustomed to casual affection between men — hand-holding, cuddling — that Caleb, in the 20th century, finds painfully revealing of queerness, and which might even be dangerous in a bigoted small town.
    Olivia Waite, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Plush toys Little kids love to cuddle up with soft plush Pokemon characters.
    BestReviews, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
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  • Now, nestled among its arched passageways, are a number of tony beauty haunts, too.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Shot in a rather predictable style and nestled in a fair amount of cheesiness, the movie nonetheless benefits from its plethora of real locations and two charming young leads, neither of whom are professionals.
    Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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  • Eventually, the camera revealed Bell crouched beside Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester, joking that a hangry Meester wrote the dialogue.
    Lindsay Kimble, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The artist emerged crouched on the hood of a muscle car, moody and looking downward.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025

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