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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
Verb
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But the day wore on as Johnson huddled privately with lawmakers sorting out other issues that stalled voting.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2026
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They were huddled over in single file, Stephen Miller grasping his wife, moving away from the gunfire.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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For over 100 years, this soil has been excavated, consistently yielding impressive artifacts related to legionary life.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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It was excavated between 1906 to 1910, but has not been fully explored since then.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Raskin, 63, and Kerry dropped to the ground together, and photos captured the congressman hunched over her with his arm around her.—
Kyler Alvord,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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Salma hunched over the stove, making tea and bread for everyone.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 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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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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Their work was only ever couched as an intelligence program, not a munitions or weapons platform.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Burrowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burrowed. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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