huddled

past tense of huddle
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as in crouched
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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  • Seventeen hundred people piled into the comments expressing astonishment that someone who had previously been so vocal in support of Ukraine was now apparently cheering the humiliation of its leader.
    Andrew Carey and Victoria Butenko, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Chris Kirk’s 9 skewed the number a bit, but bogeys piled up and there were eight doubles, too.
    Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Huddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huddled. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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