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Nearby, a group of men sat cross-legged on the ground in a circle, shielding their eyes from errant flakes as one of them hammered chunks off a large clump of gum.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2026

"It is a pretty-looking thing," he concedes, plucking fragments off a clump torn from a carpet of green moss.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

When the case finally went to trial in 2015, one surprisingly small piece of evidence played a critical role: a tiny clump of moss.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026

"The required plasma clump is consistent with CMEs launched by the Sun and other stars in the Milky Way."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 28, 2026

He ran off as fast as he could to the far end of the garden and hid himself behind that clump of dirty old laurel bushes that we mentioned earlier on.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

These features are actually compact clumps of dust that have managed to withstand radiation from the stellar core.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

It also limited the ability of malformed tau to act as "seeds" that recruit more tau proteins and build larger clumps.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026

Both conditions are associated with the buildup of harmful clumps formed by the proteins Tau and alpha synuclein in the brain.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026

The team also discovered that protein clumps commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease, including amyloid-beta and alpha-synuclein, can trigger the S-nitrosylation of STING.

From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026

That switch altered the folding of the hemoglobin chain: rather than twisting into its neatly articulated, clasplike structure, the mutant hemoglobin protein accumulated in stringlike clumps within red cells.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

If damaged proteins have already clumped together, another process becomes important.

From Science Daily ● May 27, 2026

It didn’t matter if the steps were spread out over multiple sessions or clumped together in long walks, researchers told Barron’s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025

Unlike the previous two approvals, this new therapeutic, named donanemab, targets amyloid beta only at a later stage when it has clumped together to form plaques.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025

Water quickly overwhelmed the beachside bar where she works - the Bridge Tender Inn Dockside & Tiki Bar - with waves splashing the sign and chunks of seaweed clumped near tables.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2024

His boots clumped on the bare wood floor as he walked over to her.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

This pattern points to increased particle clumping and removal as plastics travel through the atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 12, 2026

As reported in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the key to preventing organoids from clumping was xanthan gum, a widely used food additive.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2025

There, it can alter the neuroimmune system, which in turn triggers changes implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s, including inflammation and amyloid beta and tau clumping.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2025

Mostly they move in loose unison: sinking, crouching, clumping; stumbling, circling, fleeing with nowhere to go.

From New York Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

When Felicia finishes, they turn away, clumping together in twos or threes to talk.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García