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as in to snug
to sit or recline comfortably or cozily it's particularly nice to snuggle next to the fire on a snowy day

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as in to cuddle
to lie close snuggle up to a friendly cat

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Recent Examples of snuggle Screenshots of the viral video show Shelley snuggling up to her late brother's collar. Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025 Denverites willing to brave the heat and visit the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance this summer may be able to sneak a peek at a new baby sloth snoozing and snuggling in the treetops of the Tropical Discovery exhibit. Katie Langford, Denver Post, 28 June 2025 Siwa shared a similarly cute Instagram collage showing the two snuggling to celebrate her 22nd birthday on May 19. Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 May 2025 In the photo, Stormi was wearing black shades and snuggling with a toy puppy and a baby blue tiny Chanel purse on her lap. Kayla Grant, People.com, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for snuggle
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  • Speakeasy meets Southwest in this high-ceilinged lounge snugged away behind Valentine restaurant in Phoenix’s Melrose neighborhood.
    Felicia Campbell, AZCentral.com, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Move off-road, and an adaptive air suspension can hoist the R1S to a Hummer-esque 37.8 centimeters of ground clearance, enough for leisurely dips in 1.1-meter-deep water; its 149-kWh battery snugged in carbon fiber, aluminum and high-strength steel.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2025
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  • Astronomer has been making headlines since Wednesday, when Coldplay frontman Chris Martin pointed to a man and a woman seen cuddling up on the kiss cam at the band’s concert in Boston.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 19 July 2025
  • The Context Andy Byron, the CEO of Astronomer, was seen cuddling the company's chief people officer, Kristin Cabot, on the jumbotron at the concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Wednesday.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
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  • Camp Mystic, a girls' summer camp nestled in the Hill Country, lost dozens of its campers in the surge, along with staff members who died trying to save the girls entrusted to their care.
    Theresa Payton, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
  • The Charles Hotel is a contemporary art deco masterpiece situated in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district, nestled next to the Old Botanical Garden.
    Lea Dlugosch, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
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  • The photos show a smiling Cutler crouching over a dead giant sable antelope — a massive hoofed mammal known for its large, curved horns.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
  • Costa Rica offers the stuff of vacation advertisements: horses galloping on a white-sand beach, surfers crouched in an enormous barrel wave, sea turtles nesting near the ocean.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 11 July 2025

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“Snuggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snuggle. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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