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snugly

[snuhg-lee] / ˈsnʌg li /


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Wrap it snugly enough to hold everything together and encourage a little beneficial compression.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

While Maria, with her seven-week-old baby, wrapped snugly inside her winter coat, told me, "I worry for the future of my young family. We don't want all this attention here!"

From BBC Jan. 14, 2026

Film buffs sit snugly in cars watching a drive-in movie, munching popcorn on a lovely recent fall night.

From Barron's Oct. 11, 2025

And it would fit snugly within the traditional contours of the law.

From Slate May 21, 2025

I sort of enjoyed the project—the whiz of slicing plastic, the scream of duct tape coming off the roll, the big speckled rectangles I fit snugly over the door and window.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx




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