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felt up

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past tense of feel up

as in pawed

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The actress nuzzled up next to her husband at the 2017 premiere of Colossal.

— Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
Lopez nuzzled her face into Emme's as the pair smiled while seated at a dining table.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 26 May 2026

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By roasting the brussels sprouts snuggled into a blanket of grated Parmesan cheese, the cheese melts into a crispy, frico-like sheet that clings onto the sprouts, surrounding them in a lace-like halo.

— Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Oct. 2026
On Friday, September 11, the 16-time Grammy winner—whose real name is Stefani Germanotta—was photographed with her fiancé, Michael Polansky, and their child, who was snuggled against Gaga’s chest in a baby carrier.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 16 Sep. 2026

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On the first night of Southern California’s fires Thursday, the crescent moon was the only source of light across homes nestled beneath Boney Mountain in Ventura County and across much of the Santa Monica Mountains due to the ongoing outages.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Each building at the luxe 15-acre Russian River resort, which is nestled amongst the towering redwoods in the petite town of Guerneville, California, is linked to a different era of the property’s past.

— Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of nestled

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Where the Eleousa pressed mother and child cheek to cheek and Cassatt enfolded mothers around their infants, de Monteflores goes further, disappearing the mother’s face entirely behind her child’s.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
But the idea of a single galaxy’s stars being enfolded into the Milky Way is intriguing and worthy of further study, Battersby said.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 23 May 2026

Definition of enfolded

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When Ramirez’s daughter returned to her seat after speaking, the same relative hugged and kissed her.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
The property itself was first built by the Medici family and sits in the Val d’Orcia, hugged by endless hills dotted by cypresses and quaint villages.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

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