cupped
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Clarke threw his World Cup squad sheet on the table and cupped his ears to the assembled media.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
It doesn't want to leave the safety of his cupped hands.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
But one question kept resurfacing, from multiple corners of the inbox, as if readers were whispering it behind cupped hands: What if we just aren’t a pie family?
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Van de Ven cheekily cupped his ear to the crowd before team-mates made a point of embracing him to show their support after Saturday's spat.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
He cupped his chin in his hand and stared glumly around his cabin.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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