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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 While couples could experience a sparkling opportunity to snuggle up more closely, singles may be debating their innate needs in union. Kyle Thomas, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025 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 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
  • The first video, shared on Saturday, Feb. 22, showed Klum and Kaulitz, 35, cuddling under the covers.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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  • After safely returning to the fairway, his approach shot nestled just a few feet from the hole, allowing the American to land his birdie putt and close out a nerve-wracking victory.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this 38,000-square-foot space is fittingly nestled in the heart of Gadsden’s Wharf.
    Bridgette Bartlett Royall, Essence, 26 Feb. 2025
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  • What disrupts the playful opening to what will become a quietly devastating look at PTSD, however, is a sudden cut to a girl crouching next to the body.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Shaver crouched on her knees as the sun started to rise, carefully lifting the hatchlings out of their box and laying them on the sand facing the vast sea, guarding them from crabs and gulls, herding stray hatchlings in the right direction.
    Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Snuggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuggle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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