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tuck

[tuhk] / tʌk /


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The organisers have also set up a "nomadic fair" at the site, where visitors can tuck into samsas –- savoury meat-filled pastries typical of Central Asia -- or take part in yurt-building workshops.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Kitaj is the most melancholy of all the likenesses, and the only one that Ashbery did not tuck away but placed against a fireplace in an upstairs sitting room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Made popular by multi-billionaire Elon Musk's Tesla, hidden door handles are designed to tuck seamlessly within the car's door panel and only extend outwards approaches their vehicle.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

Something to celebrate, fun trivia to tuck away for later.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

I need a safe space, a place to tuck into.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Among patients 66 and older, demand for breast augmentations, tummy tucks, arm lifts, thigh lifts and facelifts all increased by double digits.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

There’s no mention of taking a beat to process with Olivia; John simply leads Griffin to their bedroom and tucks her in.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

On the evenings he tucks his kids into bed, his daughter refuses to let him go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025

Duplantis swings his bottom leg through and tucks into a small ball, staying behind the pole.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

Grandma holds me close and tucks my head under her chin.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

They printed their images in a dark room that Zlozower improvised in a bomb shelter tucked into his parents’ house, then sold the best ones at Aron’s Records on Melrose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

There is also a garden dining patio and an amphitheater tucked into the lush property.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Soccer tied to this summer’s World Cup that tucked cooling gel into a clear, stadium-friendly bag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

At the sprawling university tucked away in upstate New York, the tension on campus is palpable.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was almost time for the bell, so I tucked my sandwich container into my backpack.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Dessert featured the two leaders and their fellow diners tucking into vanilla crémeux with sour cherry confit, with an accompanying ice cream "made with harvested White House honey".

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

More recently, the explosion in popularity for resale clothing and the growing use of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss have created more need for nipping and tucking what is in peoples’ closets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Add the jammy egg pieces last, tucking them in with care so their custardy centers remain visible.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026

The winter months are the best time to travel to the desert — but tucking into one of these titles is timeless, of course.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

At first when I get in the bed, I stay to the right side, bundling and tucking my aching arms and legs in a cocoon like I always do to make room for Shirley.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson


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