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Billy Dean gave remarks, too, saying, “Back in the early ’80s, John’s sound and material struck the exact right chord with country record buyers and inspired a whole bunch of up-and-coming artists just like myself.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"They basically said 'we'll walk you around, you can pick a shed'. So I got the pick of the bunch right on the quayside."
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
During a hurricane, for instance, a bunch of Lumen generators in Houston went down because someone decided not to pay for a $100 filter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Zacharia read a bunch of lies off a written statement, smiled at us and got out of there.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
“And then, to top it off, you tell a bunch of awful lies. You almost gave him a heart attack!”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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September carrots can look almost too virtuous at the farmers market: sturdy bunches, feathery green tops, dirt in the creases.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Some stands sold small cartons of cherry tomatoes for $7, bunches of kale for $4 and a mixed-salad bag for $5.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The house's drive was cordoned off and bunches of flowers were laid on a hedge outside the house.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the Southern California Division I regional playoffs, LeDuc has watched his Damien players make threes in bunches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
Then he washed his hands, threw the oilcloth over himself, and before midnight he returned with a few strings of dried meat, several bags of rice, corn with weevils, and some emaciated bunches of bananas.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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An alternative Arctic route, the Northwest Passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via the Canadian Arctic, is less passable because it is dominated by narrow waterways where ice gets bunched up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Cassidy, Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow, and state treasurer John Fleming have been relatively bunched in the polling.
From Slate ● May 16, 2026
"I feel like it's always very bunched here," said Canada's Taylor.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
All terrific players and some of them bunched in talented squads that just couldn't get the job done.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
The quad was on a slope, and a lot of them were running down it very fast, bunched up together, playing jets.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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In a loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
Even those who missed the boat on opening a DAF last year might find it useful for bunching deductions into one tax year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
But what if the couple waited until January 2026 to pay their real-estate taxes and make their charitable donations, bunching $50,000 in deductions for those taxes and donations?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
It can also make automatic adjustments on any given day if required by road congestion, which, the company says, helps to prevent bus services bunching up.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
I said, “Uggggh ...” A little crowd of kids started bunching up around us and Byron decided it was time to put on a show.
From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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