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 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 There were women like her—some Indigenous and some African-looking sorrowful in their coarse linen shifts, huddling together. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huddling
  1. crowding
  2. crouching
  3. piling
  4. swarming
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  • Videos from Bangladesh, especially the capital city of Dhaka, of fans crowding the streets and celebrating Argentina victories have been a regular feature on social media across the tournament.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Instead of crowding your entryway with a table, bench and coat rack, consider getting a piece that combines those elements, says Lynch.
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 19 July 2026
Definition of crowding
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  • 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
  • The dogs running underneath or a man crouching low could get through the oaks as easily as a bear.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
Definition of crouching
Verb
  • High energy costs have been highlighted as a key issue, piling pressure on policymakers to ramp up North Sea oil production even as Britain pushes ahead with its net-zero carbon goals.
    — Chloe Taylor,Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 20 July 2026
  • At times, on her way to an event, Machado found heavy machinery tearing up the ground, or tractors piling soil in the road.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of piling
Verb
  • So if these videos aren’t already swarming your For You Page, here’s what’s going on.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • Scenes of the takeovers, which have shown hundreds to thousands of teens swarming an area, have circulated online.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2026
Definition of swarming

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