clump

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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

Normal tau supports brain health, but the protein can clump into tangles that damage brain cells and cause memory loss.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Those studies showed that most of the debris from such impacts would eventually clump back together into moons, but some material would be scattered inward and remain as rings.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2026

“I don’t want them calling us forest failures in the hallway,” Cedar said, kicking at a clump of moss.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth