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

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

And out of the animals’ mouths, like cornucopias, flow gleaming vines, leaves and bunches of grapes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

Hundreds of bunches of flowers and other tributes have been left in a park after a tree collapsed and killed a seven-year-old girl.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

Two bunches of teenagers, one group black and the other white, seem to share adjoining rooms.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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