snug

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In a baking pan, cook a snug bed of sliced potatoes in a little water to get a head start on tenderizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 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

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

“I’d thought we were snug in our neighborhood, but we were so wrong,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

The earth floor felt pleasantly dry and snug and he was about to go back to sleep when Fiver spoke.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams