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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
after an all-night huddle, the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year
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as in cluster
a number of things considered as a unit
saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment
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as in group
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play
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as in to crowd
to gather into a closely packed group
the puppies huddled together to keep warm
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Recent Examples of huddle
Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
Now there’s a problem within the huddle, and that impacts everything.
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Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Sheets of rain continued to fall through halftime as fans wrapped themselves in ponchos and huddled in the concourse and under balconies.
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CBS News,
22 June 2026
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Noun
More alpha personalities capable of changing the tone in the huddle and on the field.
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Rick Stroud,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 June 2026
Now there’s a problem within the huddle, and that impacts everything.
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Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
Verb
When a break was called during the first half of the Americans’ World Cup opening game against Paraguay, all 11 players huddled around a laptop used by the team’s coaching staff to discuss strategy and review film.
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Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
24 June 2026
Sheets of rain continued to fall through halftime as fans wrapped themselves in ponchos and huddled in the concourse and under balconies.
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CBS News,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddle
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Violence was also discussed during Tuesday's Stockton City Council meeting as council members considered and approved a new mask ordinance.
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Councilwoman Deborah Peoples hosted a Mosier Valley Community meeting at Texas Star Conference Center in Euless on Wednesday evening to provide an update on the progress and plans for Mosier Valley Park, which has faced delays and funding challenges since 2014.
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Potential profits have encouraged traffickers to ship massive amounts of illicit drugs to both countries, often across the Pacific Ocean from South America via the Pacific Islands, a loose cluster of thousands of islands and atolls.
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NielsenIQ data shows that Hispanic consumers tend to be driven by brand trust, family influence and cultural identity—in ways that never surface in behavioral clusters.
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Some groups have pushed the council to prioritize a cleaner energy source for Naperville’s future while others have argued that leaving IMEA will cost rate payers in the long run.
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Joe Prince-Wright shares his takeaways from France's defeat of Norway to wrap up the group stage and what to expect from each team in the knockout rounds.
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In his office, diplomas and academic certificates crowd the walls.
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Photos also showed the bees crowding on nearby trees, weighing down on some tree limbs and branches.
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The image in question features Grande crouched on the ground while sucking a lollipop and loving a happy black dog.
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The first showed him walking hand-in-hand with his sons, and the second showed Jack crouched down in a church pew as one of his sons played with toys, surrounded by coloring books and stickers.
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Page Six speculated the Wednesday gathering was Travis Kelce’s bachelor party.
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Juneteenth's birthplace is celebrating with a daylong gathering at a Galveston park with music and fireworks, a parade, and a worship service in a historic Black church.
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The North Shore Mosquito Abatement District announced Wednesday that a batch of mosquitoes collected Thursday, June 18, from a trap in Glenview tested positive for West Nile in the district's lab five days later.
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Today, now working with master distiller Hervé Grangeon, Vodkress remains a small-batch, craft spirit (only 7,000 liters are produced each year), available at select venues, such as the Surf Club in Miami and chef Bruno Verjus’s Parisian eatery, Table.
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.
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“Huddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huddle. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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