snug
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Starting at a long side, roll into a snug log.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 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
Stafford said he would wear a snug, warming layer under his uniform that he first used with the Lions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
It was snug, but that was nice, too.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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
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
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
Unsurprisingly, Mr. Coltrane had the snugger rapport with his rhythm section — Dezron Douglas on bass and Allan Mednard on drums — but Mr. Sanders was keyed in and constantly listening.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
A few moments before, and a neater and snugger ship never swam the water—now, she was almost a wreck aloft.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 by Various
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
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
The snuggest house in town burned, an' you thrown out of a home!
From An Amateur Fireman by James Otis
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
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
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
"Why, Martin," says she, snugging down, "here is wondrous soft bed and fragrant."
From Black Bartlemy's Treasure by Jeffery Farnol
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