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snug

[snuhg] / snʌg /


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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

A Hypershell spokesman said that a snug, proper fit and a lower level of assistance can help on unstable terrain.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

The cuffs and waistbands that form a snug seal around a baby’s legs and waist are called the gasketing.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Cara found us in a big armchair at the edge of the party — José and I snug together while 30-some people mingled, drinks in hand.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 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

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

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

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

When we happened to have enough wood for a bright fire, we felt much snugger than you might suppose.

From Old Man Savarin and Other Stories by Edward William Thomson

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

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

Mr. Curtain was snugged into the padded chair with a seat belt across his chest and lap, and the chair rolled so quickly that his thick white hair flew back from his head.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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

Meantime Bill Brudenell deliberately completed the work of superintending the "snugging" of the canoes for the night.

From The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon by Ridgwell Cullum




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