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huddle

[huhd-l] / ˈhʌd l /




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Those not in the huddle at all block the water with their bodies.

From Slate Jun. 24, 2026

Scotland raced to 51-0 in 5.1 overs – Matthews having to pull her team together for a huddle at one stage as catches went down.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

With England naming three debutants in their XI for the first time in nine years, the pre-match huddle went on longer than some first dates.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

After Chung and Klugo huddle, they line up on the court like two halves of the same body, moving in tandem as the balls ricochet off rackets.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

As she heads to the information center, she sees a huddle of people in red T-shirts.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Next to the prediction-markets screen, another crowd huddles around a secondary screen to watch the trading action unfold.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

Marcus has been there, throughout halftimes, huddles, on the court.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

At 7:01 p.m., a minute after the show is set to begin, the cast huddles backstage around their director, Mollie Lief, and their choreographer, Billy Rugh.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2025

Hynes: When you see their huddles, like pregame stuff it just hypes you up, and you're just like, "Yeah, that's a real family."

From Salon Nov. 30, 2024

It sounds like Coach is preparing me to mark a man in a basketball game, because he’s raising his voice like he does in huddles.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

Inside an Omaha test kitchen, executives at Conagra recently huddled over plastic trays of microwaved eggs, potatoes and sausage.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

It’s a busy Saturday morning in central London and we’re huddled in the basement of an equally busy coffee shop.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Groups of fans huddled outside throughout the day, with some singing Swift tunes and donning concert merchandise.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Nearby, crowds huddled in thin strips of shade outside pavilions, gulping free bottles of water that workers were distributing throughout the event.

From Barron's Jul. 3, 2026

The photo was from this past February, of my parents, Thomas, and me, with Fig snuggled in my arms, huddled in front of the space shuttle Atlantis.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Diplomats posted to NATO’s arched-glass headquarters in Brussels began grabbing each other in their offices and huddling in regional groupings, according to people close to the talks, discussing whether their alliance was breaking apart.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The Knicks had swept the favored Spurs in their home barn, edging closer to a long-forlorn franchise’s first championship since Nixon was huddling with Haldeman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

At dusk on the second day, about 75 Rongelapese crowded the decks and cabins of the ship, many of them huddling under a tarp the ship’s first mate, Martini Gotjé, had strung up.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2025

They survived on snacks and one bottle of water a day, she says, the women huddling together for warmth, and sleeping on the floor.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2025

Three figures huddling at the foot of the cross.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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