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crush

[kruhsh] / krʌʃ /


NOUN
infatuation
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Instead, Warnock said, “Isaiah challenges corruption” and “those who would crush the poor.”

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

In the latest quarter, which ran through June, ticket sales at StubHub were up 34% from a year earlier, lifted by the crush of fans shopping for World Cup seats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Support what we do and help us absolutely crush it during Slate’s 30th anniversary pledge drive!

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

And if he did all the things that you wished he did, would you feel as excited about your childhood crush?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

I crush maple leaves underfoot all the way to the wall separating school from the street.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

If the Jacobian determinant is always a constant number that is not zero, then the function never folds or crushes space around a particular point.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

“LLY crushes expectations,” wrote RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Huynh, describing the company’s second-quarter performance to investors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Max Muncy crushes a two-run home run and Roki Sasaki showcases his velocity in the Dodgers’ 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

The Tehran events alone are expected to attract more than 10 million mourners from across Iran, with strict security measures imposed and official media warned of a risk of crowd crushes.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

No force on earth can stop me, except that her song starts and crushes the moment with melancholy.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

He stayed back on a fastball and crushed it to deep left field, on a trajectory to just clear the short fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Several decorated fragments contained grog, the crushed pottery temper associated with some Mississippian traditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Our industry can be crushed" if "unbridled" AI voice cloning spreads on social media, actor Bin Shimada, who is part of the campaign group, had told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

But he doesn’t think Leica will get crushed in a confrontation between the two superpowers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

I was buried, crushed, under the soul of the goddess.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

"And they're not using vessels from just anywhere. They're crushing up the same decorated vessels that include pieces of decorated pottery from before."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Among them are white male entitlement versus the crushing demands of Black exceptionalism; the complicated bond linking fathers to sons; and the agonizing bravery required of mothers raising boys the world is conditioned to ostracize.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Thomas Tuchel talked about England having to "embrace the chaos" as they embarked on recovery from the crushing disappointment of World Cup semi-final defeat by Argentina.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Slipping into survival mode, going through the motions without feeling the crushing weight of the reality of a situation, can be an adaptive response when you’re in the middle of a crisis.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

It had been crushing for Regina to have to sign the authorization releasing the sixteen-year-old from the school.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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