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Businesses, meanwhile, are hunkering down for more rocky times ahead for U.S.-China commerce.

So you hunker down and give in to the alpha male.

Mahan socked money away during the summer months and hunkered down in the slow times, before things started picking up around the New Year.

Instead of making a run for it, he resolves to hunker down until the heat is off.

Gee Gee Rosell, who lives on Hatteras Island, stopped by her store Buxton Village Books on Wednesday to unpack a new shipment and manage orders from residents before they hunker down.