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Verb
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Officers then discovered the man, who was identified as Gamboa, with a minor gunshot wound, crouched down among a small group of people.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
23 June 2025 -
On Saturday, at an anti-Trump No Kings protest in Salt Lake City, Utah, a man reportedly appeared to be crouching behind a wall, while carrying what looked like an AR-15-style rifle.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
17 June 2025
Verb
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It’s said that General Eisenhower and General Montgomery huddled here ahead of the D-Day landings.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 July 2025
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That refusal culminated in the siege of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, that left Pence huddled with police in a parking garage.—
Jim Martin,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
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“Hunker (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunker%20%28down%29. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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