clump
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The different theories provide different answers for how dark matter should clump.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
To investigate the process, the researchers recreated marine snow in the laboratory using diatoms, microscopic algae that naturally clump together as they sink through the ocean.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 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
Ma tries to block my view with her body, but not before I figure out that the clump of paper isn’t just packing material—it’s a nest!
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
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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
These features are actually compact clumps of dust that have managed to withstand radiation from the stellar core.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
She had clumps of snow hanging off her pajama legs.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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Shortly after, as the clock ticked, Smith clumped an ugly flat kick out on the full as he looked for Roebuck on a low-percentage play.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 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
He had more than 30 friends and family members in attendance at Wrigley Field, most of them clumped together in two rows of seats directly behind home plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
She clumped back to the workbench, sat down hard, and began selecting tools.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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"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
By looking at how dark matter’s gravity bends the light of galaxies, Roman will be able to measure this clumping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
In other words, it did not specifically target the metals that drive amyloid-beta clumping.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026
Until only Big Henryk was left, clumping after the piper.
From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli
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