hunker
Example Sentences
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“If there is no future that includes a path for them right now, their better option is to hunker down.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Local authorities advised residents to hunker down, with rain forecast for the next day and a half.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Determined to survive, Iran might initially hunker down or seek to draw out any conflict.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
Epstein replied, “Nothing to do during a storm, but hunker down, and wait until it blows over.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
The orange peels would smolder in there, and the men would hunker down around the cans and watch the smoke seep out the holes.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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