crouch
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You crouch down low to enter a darkened shack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The best thing to do is to crouch face-down, bend the legs underneath the torso and clasp both hands behind the neck, Nakae said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
Hank’s not wrong that a man in his defensive crouch can’t exonerate himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
The truck began to crouch in its stance, sinking toward the ground.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
This left a hole in the middle of the snozzcumber large enough for her to crouch in so long as she rolled herself up into a ball.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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
But when she crouches down to look at the planters lining the balcony, she shares something closer to truth.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2024
At a certain place she crouches and slides her hand along the ground until her fingers reach a latch.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
Then three soldiers climbed onto the rubble, in a line, as if in formation, and crouched down to listen.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 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
Will Smith crouched, his left knee on the ground and his mitt grazing the dirt as his Team USA teammate, Mason Miller, strode towards the plate.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
They quickly rushed Trump off the stage and through a back curtain as the crowd crouched in shock.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
Churro crouched low, his legs splayed out for balance.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Cosmo went from crouching in corners, too afraid to explore, to leaping onto our high couch with the vigor of a puppy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
McClellan walked around to each child, crouching down to help.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The way I wrote it, I had her crouching over the pitcher and Anna Moench, as the main female writer on the show, was like, “Sonny, I don’t think you know this works.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Ball kids placed their hands on their feet - instead of the court - to avoid burning their palms when crouching at the net post.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
I squeaked, crouching down and covering my head with my arms.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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