clump

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Nearby, a group of men sat cross-legged on the ground in a circle, shielding their eyes from errant flakes as one of them hammered chunks off a large clump of gum.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Normal tau supports brain health, but the protein can clump into tangles that damage brain cells and cause memory loss.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

When these regulatory factors are disrupted, nucleoids tend to clump together instead of staying evenly spaced.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

It sat far back from the road in a clump of pine trees and to a child might have been the house where Goldilocks met the three bears.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant