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as in lodges
to establish or place comfortably or snugly
we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door
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Recent Examples of nestles
The way Skye nestles her head into the crook of her brother’s neck or drapes herself across his legs after an unembarrassed display of grief is ineffably moving.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nestles
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The dough that built Fox Har’br, a sprawling 1,100 acre oceanfront property that snuggles up against Nova Scotia’s North Shore came from selling tens of millions of that exact order along with billions of timbits and apple fritters.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Lots of pets, snuggles, and kisses with our brother Dunder too.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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And frequent appearances by a pigeon that perches on her windowsill like a Greek chorus, mocking her self-abasement and growing detachment from reality, seem a tad heavy-handed.—
Book Marks
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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The letters, which actors sometimes pose alongside (Oh perches punningly in the O), recall those giant signs which give tourists a place to take selfies.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
22 Aug. 2025
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When the smoke settles (quite literally) and people return, their bodies suffer the consequences, and our hospitals have the evidence.—
Lahari Vuppaladhadiam,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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That settles into a spicy suede with cardamom and benzoin, before warming into tonka bean, amber, and musk.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Nestles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nestles. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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