crouching

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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

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

It's vital to remain in the crouching position until the bear leaves the area.

From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025

Still, large areas of the graceful drawings, the most charming ones showing flat silhouettes of crouching hunting dogs, are speculative.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

Right when he’s inches from pouncing, he holds his breath and I can see from the reflection of the plates hanging in the dining room that he’s crouching down and about to leap.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya