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To paraphrase the maxim falsely attributed to Lincoln, you can fool a whole bunch of the people for a hell of a long time, but you can’t fool all of them forever.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

Burns, a retired police officer, looked up from his microphone and hissed back: “Tee-hee-hee, by a bunch of idiots!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

John McGinn bought a bunch of fouls; Oli McBurnie battled hard in what McGinn called a "thankless task"; there were some fleeting moments when the crowd got energised and hope, or perhaps delusion, took hold.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

According to the duo’s label head at Mass MoCA Records, Harlan Steinberger, who joined in the interview, “There’s a whole bunch of stuff circling around that I think led to this gig,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

I think about Mom sending postcards to me, just to spew a bunch of lies.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

"The way to encourage fandom is to create moments, so I'm happy the two teams coming over know how to score points - and score them in bunches," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The solution would be to get the offense back to scoring in bunches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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

Throw in four bunches of baby bok choy and stir to coat them in flavored oil.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

But then the other voices were falling away, in bunches, until only this one was left.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

Because the field was still so tightly bunched, the error dropped him to 14th place, where he finished.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Cassidy, Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow, and state treasurer John Fleming have been relatively bunched in the polling.

From Slate ● May 16, 2026

And suddenly there’s traffic in their rear-view mirror, with four teams bunched no more than three points behind them in the Western Conference standings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2026

"I feel like it's always very bunched here," said Canada's Taylor.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

Rudolph Gibbs’s forehead furrowed so his eyebrows bunched together.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

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

This phenomenon is known as "bus bunching", and it can be annoying.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024

Layered strips of vinyl and leather drape from the top, which is roughly the height of a standing person, bunching into turbulent swirls around the bottom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2022

The postcard was of a tobacco factory, row after row of women bunching bronze leaves into cigars.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García