snug
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Starting at a long side, roll into a snug log.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The snug yet stretchy fabrics of their leotards and tights allow artistic director Melissa Barak to observe the nuance in their movements as they perfect her new ballet, set to Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz’s “Kauyumari.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
They will be kept "snug and warm" in the site's aviaries over the winter months when the attraction is closed, with Jimmy likening his role to the "ultimate hotel service for birds".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
It was a blur of champagne, full sized In-N-Out cheeseburgers, chic ushers wearing Dior uniforms with snug grey sweaters and slacks that pooled perfectly at the leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
Phil rolls up a towel and places it on the ground, snug against my thigh.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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We take a seat in one of the basement snugs of the Mayfair space.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2014
I look into the snugs where the women drink and in all the men’s lavatories.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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Yet beside thee he snugs on the settle As thou seamest thy broidery,—that rhymester!
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood
She don't know me, though she lays her head on my arm and snugs up to me awful neat.
From Ethelyn's Mistake by Mary Jane Holmes
Certainly, there’s more data on snugger suits, tighter-fitting caps and more aerodynamic goggles.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2023
Double-masking, or using a mask fitter or brace over a mask, can often provide a snugger seal, she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022
With this stowed in the fridge, there is no meal you cannot make snugger at the drop of a dime.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2022
I fastened the Goggles back onto my skull, adjusting for a snugger fit.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020
Well, and can't ye put the palliasse on the floor under it, ye omadhawn?" said the guard, dumping my luggage and the salmon in the hall, "sure there's no snugger place in the house!
From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
It ought to be collapsing, wrecked by the move to the tablets, which fit existing magazine page sizes for the snuggest transition.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2012
This is surely the snuggest and most congenial of the top film festivals; so if some of Portman's acclaim rubs off on Venice, that's fine.
From Time ● Sep. 4, 2010
It is three-dimensional, its lands are in rapid motion, and its snuggest harbors are more dangerous than the earth's most hostile coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I’d wear my snuggest jeans and lay on some extra bracelets and sometimes bring one of the Gore sisters along to boost my visibility in the stands.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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It was the snuggest, neatest little home in the world.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
Yes, Washington’s people had almost all snugged up to thriving Seattle or Bellingham, and yes, our population had shrunk for 10 years running.
From Slate ● May 28, 2022
I snugged the blankets under his chin, clicked on the night light? and pulled the door softly closed.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2018
He screwed the cap back and snugged the sack under the seat.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 30, 2018
You might think there’s no safer place underwater than snugged to the side of the largest fish on Earth.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2018
He swung his hat off the saddle and snugged it on his head.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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That had been remedied by snugging up a few bolts, according to Wilson.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2017
Minutes later, it was snugging a Port Orchard Marina float.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2014
Taking care to avoid spooking the financial markets, Volcker conjured a warm-sounding euphemism for the Fed's action, which he described as "snugging."
From Time Magazine Archive
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I started the stitch three times and then pushed the needle through the hide and slowly pulled, snugging up the beads almost like Sela had.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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"I didn't know that," she exclaimed in great surprise; and I saw Hans and Nita, who were snugging it together in a corner, prick up their ears.
From The Man Without a Memory by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
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