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as in protruding
to extend outward beyond a usual point
the dress bunches a bit at the waist
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as in crowding
to gather into a closely packed group
the slow service caused the customers at the pick-up counter to bunch up
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Recent Examples of bunching
The quilting detail ensures the filling stays evenly distributed throughout the topper, without bunching or shifting over time.
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Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
Immigration courts inside the Justice Department are drastically accelerating immigrants' hearings and bunching them together with the goal of issuing more deportation orders.
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Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
26 May 2026
According to Judah Levine, head of research at Freightos, more vessels are bunching closer to the Persian Gulf side of the Strait of Hormuz in hopes that the waterway may open soon.
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Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
Too much bunching on the leaderboard.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
This helps relax the fabric and keeps it from bunching up as much.
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Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
In a 3-1 loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
This set, which includes a quilt and matching shams, features a box-stitch pattern that prevents fill from bunching.
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Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2026
Athletes and outdoor lovers will appreciate that the underarm gussets promote mobility, while rolled forward shoulder seams help to prevent bunching and chafing underneath backpack straps.
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Harry Spampinato,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
Immigration courts inside the Justice Department are drastically accelerating immigrants' hearings and bunching them together with the goal of issuing more deportation orders.
—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
26 May 2026
According to Judah Levine, head of research at Freightos, more vessels are bunching closer to the Persian Gulf side of the Strait of Hormuz in hopes that the waterway may open soon.
—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
26 May 2026
Too much bunching on the leaderboard.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
This helps relax the fabric and keeps it from bunching up as much.
—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026
In a 3-1 loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning.
—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
This set, which includes a quilt and matching shams, features a box-stitch pattern that prevents fill from bunching.
—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Apr. 2026
Athletes and outdoor lovers will appreciate that the underarm gussets promote mobility, while rolled forward shoulder seams help to prevent bunching and chafing underneath backpack straps.
—
Harry Spampinato,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunching
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And while certainly shaken up, the driver and passenger (also test dummies in this case) likely could have walked away without being struck by shattered glass or a protruding antler.
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Features such as surface roughness and protruding fibers create more sites where particles can stick to the outer surface rather than passing through.
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The strategy of rebuilding fragmented professional services at the AI layer is real, and American capital is already crowding into it.
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Nearby residents decried the Ostara plan as too large for the site and brought up worries about traffic congestion, safety for walk-to-school routes and increased crowding at Naper Elementary, among many other points of contention.
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The post included a picture of a baby’s feet poking out from a blanket.
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In Labour circles, there is an old joke poking fun at Burnham’s chameleon-like ability to blend into whichever set of ideas is in vogue on the left at that moment in time.
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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.
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Cameron Knight Tim Klanke was huddling in the basement of his Amelia home Wednesday night with his wife and kid.
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Schoenaerts menacingly grins his way through the movie, with appealingly bulging eyes.
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Tiny bulging eyes form long before the animal resembles a shark at all and its future face exists only as clusters of migrating cells, slowly organizing themselves into the structures that will eventually become jaws, cartilage and sensory organs.
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Now, however, a perfect storm has brewed in global markets, with Google-parent Alphabet losing two key AI scientists and worries piling up about the high costs required for AI to expand.
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Its use in Medicare risks introducing friction and frustration into the program — and piling costs onto its beneficiaries.
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“Bunching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunching. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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