Sentence:  George Hirsch, chairman of the board of Road Runners, said officials <WSD>huddled</WSD> all day Friday, hoping to devise an alternate race. They considered replacing the marathon with a race that would comprise the final 10 miles of marathon, starting at the base of the Queensboro 59th Street Bridge on the Manhattan side. But that was not deemed plausible, Mr. Hirsch said. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To get together and discuss a topic.