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cuddly

[kuhd-lee] / ˈkʌd li /


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Knitted koalas, cuddly toys, candles and cards were also piling up.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Kenia Os played up her cute and cuddly side in her previous album, 2024’s “Pink Aura” — but with her upcoming album “K de Karma,” out Friday, Os is putting that era to bed.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 20, 2026

But the fauna turn out not to be as cuddly as they appear.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 5, 2026

American astronaut and mother, Jessica Meir, one of the four-member crew, revealed Sunday that she'll take with her the cuddly toy that belongs to her three-year-old daughter.

From Barron's Feb. 8, 2026

“Since we’re on the subject of art appreciation,” Simon said, “what’s up with Edward Ashton’s portrait? The rest have gone positively cuddly, but his looks the same as ever.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

If you really want a sandwich, I’d turn your attention to two other options, the Nashville and its cuddlier cousin, the Atlanta.

From Washington Post Sep. 27, 2021

If Charlotte is indeed trying to position herself as Ivanka lite, using a rabbit to make that image cuddlier might just be a canny strategy.

From Slate Jun. 26, 2018

Few other Chinese zodiac animals — certainly not the snake, rooster, ox or rat — are cuddlier than the dog.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 15, 2018

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has created a cuddlier version of this message of defiance for a new book of design projects by artists.

From The Guardian Sep. 25, 2015

Elsie was sweet as honey and cuddlier than a kitten.

From Bloom of Cactus by Ralph P. (Ralph Pallen) Coleman

So that’s the mechanism that could explain a precipitous drop in how long your cuddliest family member could live.

From Slate Oct. 9, 2023

"She's not the cuddliest person in the world, but it's just a different show now and she's making it her own," the programme's maths guru Rachel Riley told Lorraine recently.

From BBC Dec. 3, 2021

Mostly, though, the former Beatle was providing the kind of inoffensive good vibes that have made him perhaps rock’s cuddliest superstar over the last half-century.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 2016

We’d pick Cumberbatch or Gyllenhaal for sheer, acute audacity, but Redmayne’s is certainly the cuddliest of the five.

From Time Jan. 9, 2015

“Japan has the cuddliest police in the world,” Mr. Parry writes, comparing them to “a tribe of earnest Boy Scouts.”

From New York Times Jun. 6, 2012




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