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 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 Paramount+ is huddling up with the Texas Tech for a docuseries on its football team that is eyed to premiere in time for the 2026 season in the fall. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 29 June 2026 Informal Beyblade battles are popping up in strangest of places, with players huddling in parks, gyms and shopping malls. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 24 June 2026 Cameron Knight Tim Klanke was huddling in the basement of his Amelia home Wednesday night with his wife and kid. — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 June 2026 The group stopped for water and snacks every 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 kilometers), huddling under a barn during one rainy stretch. — ABC News, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddling
  1. crowding
  2. crouching
  3. piling
  4. swarming
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  • The company can’t outspend the luxury conglomerates crowding the Champagne category in other sports, so FIFA gives it substantial stature as a small, independent maison with a global platform.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Some are fleeing by boat, sleeping in cars and crowding into emergency shelters as disaster spreads.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 27 July 2026
Definition of crowding
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  • Behind him, fans spotted Charlotte, wearing a striped top and crouching down in the sand.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 23 July 2026
  • There was only one other person in sight, crouching at the water’s edge, a few hundred yards upstream—another mudlark.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
Definition of crouching
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  • Typically placed atop a box spring or bed frame, their drape helps to keep dust bunnies from piling up under the bed.
    — Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Wakanda Forever thus became a story about mourning — but piling so many fictional deaths (ranging from nameless soldiers and civilians to the queen of Wakanda herself) on top of the real one becomes emotionally hard to take after a certain point.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of piling
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  • Brees alone didn’t easily dispose of the Cardinals, thanks to one of Reggie Bush’s most memorable NFL performances and a swarming Saints defense.
    — Larry Holder, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • But the company has already demonstrated such drone swarming capability during a live-fire combat exercise at a US military range at Camp Blanding in Florida.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of swarming

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