bunch up
Example Sentences
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“Earthquakes pop off around the state, and it’s a little bit like popcorn that they hit — sometimes they bunch up for reasons that we don’t understand,” said Susan Hough, seismologist for the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2024
Just like two lanes of traffic merging into one on a freeway forces cars to slow down, the conjoined section of the two microcombs forces the paired laser pulses to bunch up.
From Science Daily • Dec. 8, 2023
Interactions between the light and the electrons cause the electrons to bunch up and radiate in concert like a laser.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 22, 2023
The bent tines of its whisk fit the bowl’s shape perfectly, its Y-shaped paddle creams quickly without allowing butter to bunch up in the crevices, and the model easily handles batches of stiff dough.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2020
I figure I might finally get a compliment for once, but instead, her eyebrows bunch up and she motions me toward the door.
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
