Thesaurus results for SNUGGED

snugged

verb

past tense of snug

as in snuggled

to sit or recline comfortably or cozily the farmhand snugged down in the hay and proceeded to go to sleep

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Recent Examples of snugged The gob of mussel meat is slipped through it and snugged gently. — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 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

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