bunches

British

/ ˈbʌntʃɪz /

plural noun

a hairstyle in which hair is tied into two sections on either side of the head at the back

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In the Southern California Division I regional playoffs, LeDuc has watched his Damien players make threes in bunches.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

They arrived to cheers from crowds waving Welsh flags and holding bunches of daffodils, before sipping hot drinks and chatting to people making signs, baking cakes and making traditional stew in preparation for the festivities.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

On a bridge next to the Kremlin on a drizzly Friday morning, a lone Russian police officer stood looking at the half-dozen bunches of flowers laying in memory of slain opposition figure Boris Nemtsov.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The banner, stretched across a perimeter fence above bunches of flowers, is marked with notes of hope and prayer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Here and there one edge of the ruptured skin rose over the other, revealing its fatty layers, and little obtrusions like miniature bunches of red grapes forced up from the fissure.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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