snug
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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
Its opening poem, “Digging,” feels earthbound with its low-pitched vowels: “Between my finger and my thumb / The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
The snug art hub is anything but boring — this month’s group exhibit features dinosaur art.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
Use a flexible tape measure and wrap it around the narrowest part of your neck, keeping the tape snug but not tight.
From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2025
The wind passed, the tail of a storm roaring out to sea, and Nim was snug in her sea lion shelter, breathing the warm smell of fur.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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"Digging" by Seamus Heaney
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Lesson 6
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