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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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  • Hera is thriving—eating well, playing, cuddling, using the litter box without any issues, and even starting to learn how to walk on a leash.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
  • In an image exclusively shared with PEOPLE, the Microsoft co-founder, 69, smiles while cuddling up with Hurd outside the Curran Theatre in San Francisco.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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  • This is particularly a problem when cooking bacon on the stovetop as most skillets are already just wide enough to nestle the strips inside, let alone after they’re stretched out.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2025
  • This rare fish, known for its vibrant colors and unique features, was found in the Kalimpong District, nestled between Nepal and Bhutan.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
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  • But when the camera cut to Lamar, he was crouched down, mumbling quickly, shrouded in darkness—and performing not a hit, but a snippet of a 2024 verse that didn’t even make it onto his recent album, GNX.
    Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
  • At some point that summer of 1945, quite likely on the day of the dedication, my grandfather had a photograph taken of himself crouching next to it.
    Kevin Chroust, Outside Online, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Snuggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuggle. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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