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crouch

[krouch] / kraʊtʃ /


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Be sure to crouch low and appreciate the Stormtrooper’s mundane white boots.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 8, 2026

Others carry the earth to a nearby seasonal river, where mostly women crouch in the murky water, washing and sifting mud and sand hoping to detect a tiny trace of the element.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Seen through this lens, the Monroe Doctrine was more a defensive crouch than the posture of a global hegemon.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

At no point can a skier duck into a crouch and let gravity carry him while he catches his breath.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Another memory: Morris letting Moss crouch down in Tariq’s yard while Ginger jumped all over him.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

Holding a glass jug, Jorge Velazco Rocha crouches before a contraption of wooden barrels stacked in cascading fashion at his roadside tavern along the scrubby flanks of the Volcán de Colima.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

The woman crouches, coaxing the animal with sweet compliments and a stick of sugarcane she brought with her.

From Slate May 27, 2026

He crouches unusually low in the ring to maintain his balance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 24, 2026

On the other end of the spectrum crouches The Liver King, the subject of a recently debuted episode of Netflix’s “Untold” sports documentary series.

From Salon Jun. 1, 2025

“Feel this,” says Hubert Bazin, and crouches and brings her hand to a curved wall which is completely studded with snails.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The man was crouched behind a 5-foot-tall gun safe Roebuck had purchased a few weeks earlier.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Though the main river channel lay some distance away, the surge had overflowed its banks, extending to the slope where Hamal was crouched behind a large rock.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

At the final whistle, Pulisic crouched on the field, covered his face with his jersey and cried.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

Meghan recently called Lilibet "Mama's little helper", after posting an image of them in what looks like a walk-in wardrobe, where the duchess is trying on a coat while her daughter is crouched down nearby.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

The creature is crouched by the sofa, distracted by something, by … pizza?

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

She sort of darts into frame, or she’s crouching, even the movement of her hands as she’s reenacting what might have happened.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 2026

Images circulating on Mexican media showed man in a checked shirt on the pyramid as visitors appeared to be crouching at the foot of the Pyramid of the Moon.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2026

The single square column features crouching figures in the capital who seem to be holding up the arch, a playful evocation of the classical figure of the caryatid or herm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

Video clips of him crouching and then being whisked away from a rally in the Copperbelt province shocked Zambians and many people, irrespective of their political affiliation, condemned what happened.

From BBC Nov. 26, 2025

In another moment, they were all crouching in a thicket.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander




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