bonding

Nesting season typically starts in October, when eagles start bringing sticks to the nest as part of a bonding ritual.

Also, we actually did a thing when we were away, as a group, we told each other about who we were growing up, like a team bonding kind of thing.

A schedule rife with practices, meetings and recovery — not to mention bonding events such as a beach day and karaoke — has left players sinking deeply into their hotel beds.

"I spent so much time during my pregnancy focusing on the birth. I never once thought of the breastfeeding side of things. I just wanted to breastfeed because it's a really good bonding thing."

He didn’t know what he was getting into at the time because what started as a gathering of linemen eventually, by its fourth iteration or so, had evolved into a full-blown team bonding event.