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hunkered (down)

verb

past tense of hunker (down)

as in crouched

to lie low with the limbs close to the body had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate

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The victim’s brother walked to midfield, crouched, took aim, and fired.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026
State police said the preliminary investigation by its homicide unit indicated that Moorhead had been crouched close to the ground in an open field, hunting, when Soto passed by with a man and two children.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

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