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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 Olga, a wolverine living at The Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, gave birth to the furry little ones around Feb. 8, and the zoo announced their arrival March 31 via social media with a video of them snuggling. Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025 They are seated at the dining table, each snuggling a 5-year-old child on his lap. Louise Rafkin, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025 The Desert Bar, snuggled in a remote corner of western Arizona, isn’t your average watering hole. Tiffany Acosta, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025 In the image, Justin — who shares the infant with wife and Rhode founder Hailey Bieber, 28— could be seen reclining on a sofa for a relaxing weekend as the baby snuggled up with his legs resting on his dad's lap. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 6 Apr. 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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  • The cats could be seen cuddling up to each other and sitting beside each other in the window.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
  • Around the same time, Hsu posted a picture on Instagram of the pair cuddling.
    Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
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  • The Miramar, at West 206th Street between Ninth and 10th Avenues, is a mixed-income, mixed-use rental building nestled near the Harlem River in a largely immigrant neighborhood.
    Katherine Marks, New York Times, 12 May 2025
  • Inside, nestled in soft tissue paper, was a teddy bear made of old clothes.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 11 May 2025
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  • Dressed in a long coat while carrying a black purse, Turner-Smith, who shares her daughter with ex-husband Joshua Jackson, crouched to her knees as her little girl perched on her leg.
    Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 15 May 2025
  • For about a minute, the lead official, Danny Crawford, crouched and stared at the replay showing on the monitor.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2025

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“Snuggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuggle. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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