nuzzle
verb (used without object)
to burrow or root with the nose, snout, etc., as an animal does.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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It could have been a dog and he would have nuzzled into it, feeling something.
From The New Yorker ● May 13, 2013