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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

Add more pasta water as needed — the sauce should lightly coat, not clump.

From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026

"The required plasma clump is consistent with CMEs launched by the Sun and other stars in the Milky Way."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

We crouched down behind a clump of ferns.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth

If dark matter particles attract each other through another force, they should assemble into clumps more quickly.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026

"Because of their structure, these tetrapod-shaped particles have standoffs and form porous networks instead of collapsing into clumps," said Addae.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Among the biggest mysteries are the surprisingly low concentrations of dark matter found at the centers of some dwarf galaxies and the unexpectedly dense dark matter clumps inferred from strong gravitational lensing.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

Marine snow is made up of tiny clumps of dead algae, microbes, and other organic material drifting through the ocean.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

It wasn’t normal gold dug out of The Mountain in clumps and pebbles, mixed with dirt.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

If damaged proteins have already clumped together, another process becomes important.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

As a result, the times are clumped much closer together and Shiffrin has less of a chance to distinguish herself with what she does best.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026

It didn’t matter if the steps were spread out over multiple sessions or clumped together in long walks, researchers told Barron’s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025

Unlike the previous two approvals, this new therapeutic, named donanemab, targets amyloid beta only at a later stage when it has clumped together to form plaques.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025

The bear stared at Brutus for a while, then clumped up the road leading to Herbie Goldfarb’s redolent adobe shack.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

In other words, it did not specifically target the metals that drive amyloid-beta clumping.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026

In experiments using neurons derived from human stem cells, the researchers switched off individual genes to see how each one influenced toxic tau clumping.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2026

Adding iron and magnesium helped fill the gaps between copper particles, effectively preventing clumping and improving heat resistance.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2025

There, it can alter the neuroimmune system, which in turn triggers changes implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s, including inflammation and amyloid beta and tau clumping.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025

They lifted their thin legs high, clumping through tall grass.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy