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Recent Examples of crouch
Bindi, who won season 21 of the reality dance show with partner Derek Hough, smiled with her arm around Robert, who crouched down next to his dancing partner, Witney Carson.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
At the final whistle, Pulisic crouched on the field, covered his face with his jersey and cried.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
When one of them crouched to pet the Federicos’ dog Marshall, napping on the floor, Rob explained how Kong dog toys were invented.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026
By Tuesday night, his livestream captured through a window in the building a woman rocking back and forth before crouching further down below the window.
—ABC News, 2 June 2026
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
At the final whistle, Pulisic crouched on the field, covered his face with his jersey and cried.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
When one of them crouched to pet the Federicos’ dog Marshall, napping on the floor, Rob explained how Kong dog toys were invented.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 3 June 2026
By Tuesday night, his livestream captured through a window in the building a woman rocking back and forth before crouching further down below the window.
—ABC News, 2 June 2026
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If lightning is detected 16 miles away from the stadium — say at the FIFA Fan Festival at Bayfront Park, Miami International Airport or Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, or along Ocean Drive on South Beach — these officials huddle and start monitoring the movement of the storm cell.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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Ambulances were on the scene on Wednesday morning to carry away the bodies of victims, while some community members huddled in groups on the streets.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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Deep passion for chess Russia has a deep and proud chess tradition, and amateurs can be seen hunched over boards on pavements and in parks at virtually all times of the year.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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Hardworking professionals in cafés, airports, or parks hunched over a laptop while carefully dragging their fingers over their PC’s trackpad to navigate some email, project, or alert that can’t be ignored.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
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With the electric motor filling every chink in the engine’s armor, the Bentley squats under throttle and rockets like a luxury locomotive.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
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Mahayahay Elementary School, located in the province of Davao Occidental, shared footage on social media showing frightened students squatting on the ground and then scurrying away when a canopy roof collapsed during the quake.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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