huddling

verb

present participle of huddle
1
as in crowding
to gather into a closely packed group the puppies huddled together to keep warm

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2
as in crouching
to lie low with the limbs close to the body huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek

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Recent Examples of huddling Executives and coaches, huddling in a hushed room, mull a decision. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 May 2026 Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026 Cameron Knight Tim Klanke was huddling in the basement of his Amelia home Wednesday night with his wife and kid. — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 June 2026 There were women like her—some Indigenous and some African-looking sorrowful in their coarse linen shifts, huddling together. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 Paramount+ is huddling up with the Texas Tech for a docuseries on its football team that is eyed to premiere in time for the 2026 season in the fall. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 29 June 2026 Now, the girls' mother is sharing her thoughts on the video, in which one of Brodsky's daughters could be seen crying and huddling close to their father while the other man continued to berate them. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026 The group stopped for water and snacks every 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 kilometers), huddling under a barn during one rainy stretch. — ABC News, 9 June 2026 Teams from the two companies have been huddling for months to plan for the melding of the two operations as soon as Paramount receives all of its regulatory approvals. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddling
  1. crowding
  2. crouching
  3. piling
  4. swarming
Verb
  • About twenty men packed the space, leaning on shoulders and crowding the wall.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 July 2026
  • Other pictures on unofficial Telegram channels showed residents crowding into underground stations.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 2 July 2026
Definition of crowding
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  • Bystander video captured the sound of at least seven shots and showed people crouching and running for cover.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 15 June 2026
  • Bystander video captured the sound of at least seven shots and showed people crouching and running for cover.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026
Definition of crouching
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  • The excuses that keep piling up The backyard isn’t my first condition.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
  • Big Tech’s historic AI outlays, set ‌to top $700 billion this year, are piling pressure on companies to show returns from the technology and offset the rising cost of rolling it out across their businesses.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 6 July 2026
Definition of piling
Verb
  • The program will rapidly scale FPV drone production, and swarming technology means one pilot can control multiple drones, amplifying human capabilities rather than replacing them.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Think your back yard can get buggy in the summer—with mosquitoes, flies, moths, wasps, bees, lightning bugs, crickets, and more swarming, buzzing, and chirping everywhere?
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 29 June 2026
Definition of swarming

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