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Recent Examples of hunches
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
Amid hunting for clues on the case, Tom hunches over his desk, lazily shoveling sausage-and-onion sandwiches into his mouth.
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EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
Deep into the opening-night party at the Middleburg Film Festival, Joel Edgerton hunches over a cocktail table, flipping through the event’s official program.
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David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
Amid hunting for clues on the case, Tom hunches over his desk, lazily shoveling sausage-and-onion sandwiches into his mouth.
—
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunches
Verb
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But then a heavy beat drops, and the figure crouches down into a duckwalk, moving across the walkway in a low bounce before springing up with the circling arm movements of voguing.
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At the other end of the pitch, Robert Lewandowski crouches down on his haunches, eyes looking everywhere and nowhere, their nothingness saying everything.
Noun
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Anderson has offered a few theories for why proximity helps.
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Several members of the Kansas City Chiefs have booked rooms at the Marriott Marquis in Times Square around July 3, sources told The Times, further fueling theories that Kelce's teammates could be gathering in New York for a major celebration.
Noun
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In fact, while sand traps aren’t overabundant, elevation changes, natural grass humps and, yes, some sand does challenge you most every hole.
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Her office released a report last month critical of the design and placement of speed humps and bumps.
Noun
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Blind tasting removes preconceived notions about the brand, winemaker, or even label design, narrowing the focus to wine quality and nothing else.
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In the doing, her film expands to accommodate notions of class, solidarity and privilege – in what is now a timeless snapshot of a rapidly evolving society.
Verb
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An engineer overhears a sales call where a partner is requesting a specific feature and immediately huddles with the salesperson once the line clicks shut.
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The boiler is broken, so Kuhner huddles by a small space heater in his office in the winter.
Noun
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Use these clues to narrow down your guesses.
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Experts have made wide-ranging guesses for more than three decades.
Noun
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In cats, the gene was frequently altered in mammary tumors.
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There were two tumors in his brain.
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Virgo August 23 – September 22 Friends bring ideas that test your routines.
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August 23 – September 22 Friends bring ideas that test your routines.
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“Hunches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hunches. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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