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Verb
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Journalists and other attendees can be seen crouched under tables as federal officers swarmed the ballroom.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026 -
Inside the restroom, Quinton crouched near a corner.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The fact that a humpback whale had been dredged out for days by volunteers, corralled into a barge and released into the North Sea demonstrated a collective good will toward nature that can seem all too rare.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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The classic preparation, popularized in part by the iconic Julia Child, features a whole filet of Dover sole, dredged in flour and pan-fried in butter until golden.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
29 Apr. 2026
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Jocks and mean girls relished in the mainstream, while the freaks and losers huddled over video-game music and alt weirdness.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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One still image captured about two dozen flamingos huddled inside a zoo bathroom, the stall doors closed and the floor covered in straw.—
Douglas Hanks
May 6,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
Verb
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According to the researchers, if their reconstruction is correct, astronauts near the lunar south pole could land within deposits that may contain material excavated from deep inside the moon during the colossal collision.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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In January 2021, police found Muirhead's Red Bull can and excavated around it.—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
Verb
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Some nights the crowd heaves outside Mắm and the feeling is catch as catch can, diners hunched on low plastic stools eating off only slightly taller plastic tables, on the sidewalk and in the street, even spilling over to a nearby empty storefront.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Rather than being hunched over their game consoles, these guys were reenacting a legend that—according to Liane—dates back to the early Middle Ages, featuring a Catholic maiden called Mata and a Muslim prince called Grifone.—
Lee Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 May 2026
Verb
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Eventually, Betty stopped and squatted.—
Gabriel Debenedetti,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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As catcher Dillon Dingler got down in his catching stance, Hinch squatted and leaned against a fence off to the side.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This is another red flag that is often missed because the request is often couched in language around protection or trust.—
Joy Harden Bradford,
AJC.com,
7 May 2026
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For now, Anteotokounmpo, 31, remains coy, his words wrapped in riddles and his intentions couched in caveats, even as ESPN continues to report that a trade (somewhere) is viewed as inevitable and even as the two-time MVP insists that a trade is not his decision.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Burrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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