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Recent Examples of crouch
The study team investigated 54 crouching burials that had previously been found at 11 archaeological sites.
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The crowd crouched – then sprinted away from the canopy.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
And as Charlie Kirk fired up the crowd tossing hats, authorities say the suspect crouched and waited.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Nacua, at defensive tackle Kobie Turner’s wedding, had to crouch down off to the side to hear the coach during the father-daughter dance.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
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Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025
The crowd crouched – then sprinted away from the canopy.
—Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
And as Charlie Kirk fired up the crowd tossing hats, authorities say the suspect crouched and waited.
—ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
Nacua, at defensive tackle Kobie Turner’s wedding, had to crouch down off to the side to hear the coach during the father-daughter dance.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crouch
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Meatball huddled with his bent cops, to figure out how to shut Kearney up once and for all.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
24 Sep. 2025
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Much of that time, the first responders huddled at either end of the hallway, many of them outside Marin-Franco’s classroom.—
Shimon Prokupecz,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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Describing his attacker as a White man, six feet tall, about 200 pounds, and wearing a gray T-shirt and blue jeans, Heskett told Zajac the man had appeared to have been hunched near a tree when Heskett first saw him.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Persistent lower back pain, despite two surgeries to relieve a herniated disc a few years ago—blame an unathletic youth and an adulthood spent hunched over a computer.—
Peter J. Frank,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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Study scope and main findings The researchers examined dozens of pre-Neolithic burials in which skeletons were placed in tightly crouched or squatting positions and, in many cases, showed patches of burning.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Emilie Schleer, a 37-year-old mother of two, spoke of the brazen break-in that occurred at her South End home in July, when a homeless woman squatted in her residence while her family was away for the weekend.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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