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as in piled
to gather into a closely packed group
the puppies huddled together to keep warm
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Recent Examples of huddled
Back home in Lansing, Latavia and the children huddled together and wept.
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
There, huddled on the ground, is a motionless olive-green songbird.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Families huddled in safe rooms assume the sirens will end soon but grow alarmed as the sound of gunfire builds.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Buses parked outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the afternoon had thousands of Palestinians huddled around them, awaiting the release of the former prisoners and detainees inside.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
In the streets of Khan Younis, dozens of men huddled around a single television, whistling and cheering.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
As much as the action, which is tightly cut and usually alternates confidently between characters frantically on-the-move and other characters huddled in claustrophobic spaces, the storylines are held together by the performances.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
There was a moment midway through the second quarter, when Lee called timeout and immediately huddled Knueppel, McNeeley and Kalkbrenner together.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2025
Others are sleeping, huddled in doorways to keep warm and safe.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
There, huddled on the ground, is a motionless olive-green songbird.
—NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Families huddled in safe rooms assume the sirens will end soon but grow alarmed as the sound of gunfire builds.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
Buses parked outside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the afternoon had thousands of Palestinians huddled around them, awaiting the release of the former prisoners and detainees inside.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
In the streets of Khan Younis, dozens of men huddled around a single television, whistling and cheering.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
As much as the action, which is tightly cut and usually alternates confidently between characters frantically on-the-move and other characters huddled in claustrophobic spaces, the storylines are held together by the performances.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
There was a moment midway through the second quarter, when Lee called timeout and immediately huddled Knueppel, McNeeley and Kalkbrenner together.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2025
Others are sleeping, huddled in doorways to keep warm and safe.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddled
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Institutional Hedging Is Underway Alongside the influx of institutional investment and interest that has piled into the crypto market since early 2024 there have been other developments.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Within days, tables were lining the sidewalks of Khan Younis and Gaza City, piled high with avocados, oranges, and even fresh chicken.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In a video shared by media agency Nashville Experience on Instagram, Urban crouched down to ask a fan her name while interacting with the crowd, but was caught off guard by her response.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
18 Oct. 2025
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Allsup, crouched in a small crate, looked quietly apprehensive.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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With international terminals crowded with eager jet-setters, last-minute sprints to the gate are nothing new.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Things calmed down, although there were still many EMTs crowded around him.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
14 Oct. 2025
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“Huddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huddled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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