hunker down
Example Sentences
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Jump into an affordable public pool or hunker down at a public library, free museum, or one of the city’s public cooling centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
That includes using drones for tasks that once would have required sending a soldier to the danger zone, having troops hunker down in underground bunkers, and increasing efforts to evade detection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
Determined to survive, Iran might initially hunker down or seek to draw out any conflict.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
"We just want to hunker down, close the curtains, and stay inside," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
The orange peels would smolder in there, and the men would hunker down around the cans and watch the smoke seep out the holes.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
