clump
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While all these theories successfully describe the large-scale clumping scientists can measure, they disagree over how dark matter should clump on smaller scales.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Further experiments revealed that inactive GRK2 molecules clump together inside nerve cells.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
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
Then she hid nearby in a clump of elephant grass.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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He’s lost weight and his hair falls out in clumps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
So-called “dark matter” clumps around galaxies and snakes throughout space in long tendrils.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years aged similarly to those inside our heads, suggesting they "recorded the passage of time," scientists said Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
If dark matter particles attract each other through another force, they should assemble into clumps more quickly.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
As I get closer and closer, my feathers begin to fall out, first one by one, and then in clumps, until I can see my bones.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
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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
Some stars are spread throughout the spiral arms, but others are clumped tightly together in star clusters.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 29, 2024
The bear stared at Brutus for a while, then clumped up the road leading to Herbie Goldfarb’s redolent adobe shack.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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Satellite imagery shows thunderstorms clumping together to form Tropical Storm Isaias.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
"There are different tribes of people in every age group, but when you get older, people start clumping you together with other stereotypes," she says.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Roman will help scientists measure that small clumping for the first time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
In other words, it did not specifically target the metals that drive amyloid-beta clumping.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
The creature came clumping into the cave and stood towering over the BFG.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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