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 As for Canada, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu spent his time huddling with other counterparts, since a different official is spearheading negotiations with Greer amid the countries’ escalating trade war. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Saturday brought periods of rain, smaller crowds and people huddling beneath umbrellas while performers and vendors pushed ahead. — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026 Lisa Keller, a history professor at the State University of New York College at Purchase, recalls huddling with other historians, debating what would come next. — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2026 Once a fixture of the American experience, the custom of collectively huddling around the cathode-ray hearth has largely been supplanted by the isolationist practices of the smartphone era. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, Hochul visited the Buffalo Bills training camp, chatting with fans and huddling with the team. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 29 July 2026 After celebrating, a video posted by BBC Sport showed the Belgian squad huddling together to bask in their victory, before breaking out into dance. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Before games, May said that Michigan’s coaching staff developed a habit of huddling up and reminding themselves to be confident because Johnson was on their team. — Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 July 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
  • Staff and faculty question whether expansion serves low-income communities, while nurses describe severe emergency-room crowding.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Wait for the rows in front of you to get up and head to the exit, rather than scrambling to snatch your items from the overhead bins and just crowding the aisle.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of crowding
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  • Printed, cut out, and taped low along a gallery baseboard, these quotes are hard to read without crouching.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Hadribeaj attacked the body early, crouching beneath Fundora’s punches and landing looping shots over the top.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of crouching
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  • Rather than piling billions of dollars into the frontier model arms race, Amazon's focus has been on AI solutions that enhance its own, proven, money-making offerings.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
  • But Oracle’s investors are not happy with this piling debt load.
    — Adrian Ma, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of piling
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  • San Clemente gave up only 20 rushing yards, but San Juan Hills’ two interceptions and swarming defensive line swung the game.
    — Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Below, Edwards could see park staff and paramedics swarming the ride’s entrance.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of swarming

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“Huddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huddling. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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