crouch
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Four Marines crouch in the foreground surrounded by the blackened remains of burned trees; in the top two-thirds of the picture the black-and-white smoke of the blast billows upward, beautiful in its destruction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 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
You crouch down low to enter a darkened shack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
But don’t let fear put your portfolio into a defensive crouch.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
So I fall back into my crouch and push.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
The woman crouches, coaxing the animal with sweet compliments and a stick of sugarcane she brought with her.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
"She hides, crouches down in another hiding place and he comes looking for her; he comes very close to her and as he gets nearer says, 'Alright?'."
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2026
He crouches unusually low in the ring to maintain his balance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
But the photos posted in between captured a different tone: In one photo Hadid crouches on the floor in the corner of an elevator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
But Christina just passes me a muffin and crouches in front of me to tie my shoes.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
Debotte said Richardson got out again and crouched down to make another attempt to pull his victim free.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The man was crouched behind a 5-foot-tall gun safe Roebuck had purchased a few weeks earlier.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Relatives crouched on the floor to say their final goodbyes to loved ones, kissing the faces of the dead between sobs.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 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
Christopher crouched in the willow tree, breathing hard.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
About 40% of people in their 60s have some difficulty crouching, kneeling or stooping.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Video footage from the event showed senior administration officials and cabinet secretaries, including deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, FBI Director Kash Patel and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., crouching down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 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
In another moment, they were all crouching in a thicket.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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