as in to huddle
to lie low with the limbs close to the body the cat crouched in the bushes, waiting for the right moment to pounce on the chipmunk

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Recent Examples of crouch Last season, all signs indicated that crouching behind the plate should be Goodman’s permanent position. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 6 June 2025 Along with the announcement, HBO released a photo of the three actors posing while crouching in grass. Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 28 May 2025 More doctors and nurses converge as if they’d been crouched, hiding alongside the arms the whole time. Erica Stern june 9, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025 Those without umbrellas crouched under trees and retreated to awnings of businesses and apartment buildings. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for crouch
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Verb
  • Tense scenes played out in the chamber as voting came to a standstill, dragging on for hours as holdout senators huddled for negotiations.
    Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • Tense scenes played out in the chamber as voting came to a standstill, dragging for hours as holdout senators huddled for negotiations.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
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  • Tied 1-1, Messi hunched over the ball after earning a foul and then proceeded to casually place his free kick to the goalkeeper’s right just under the crossbar for a 95th-minute winner.
    Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • In boardrooms across the world, a familiar scene unfolds daily: executives hunched over spreadsheets, dissecting metrics, optimizing processes, and chasing the next quarter's numbers.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
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  • So why not deploy the same procedure in squatting cases?
    Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2025
  • The rise in squatting cases is a growing concern nationwide, including in Illinois.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025

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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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