crush

The animals use these hard mouthparts to bite, crush, and consume their food.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

“Night Nurse” is as flirty and fleeting as a high school crush — intense enough to make an impact but staked more on possibility than actual sensation.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

No matter what happens on Saturday night, it appears nothing will be able to crush the friendship between these two players.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

I thought she was my crush, but I think I just wanted to be her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Right. So what do you actually know about this person you apparently have a massive crush on and know zero basic details about?”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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

What crushes confidence is uncertainty that squelches investment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

“Injection just crushes the older trees,” said Tommy Thayer, a fourth-generation grower.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Her teenage characters are more preoccupied with crushes and exams than bombs and checkpoints, and their daily squabbles and concerns helped give the show "universal" appeal.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

It’s not like keeping a normal crush a secret, because we never talk about our crushes anyway, and it works out fine.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

My preferred way to eat chicken noodle soup as a child was with so many Saltines crushed into the bowl that it ceased to resemble soup altogether.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

After three weeks of goals, wins and buzz, the U.S. saw its dreams of a long World Cup run on home soil unmercifully crushed in a 4-1 loss to Belgium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

At the final whistle, the exhausted world champions fell to the turf, crushed by the heat and breathing a collective sigh of relief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

A blackened mattress, a twisted bicycle, a crushed sofa and toys protrude between two stacked concrete slabs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

Roses and bird droppings covered the floor, and they could see the imprints of hooves where they had crushed the flowers to mulch.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

As you can see from this chart, big energy stocks are crushing the rest of the market so far this year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

This higher concentration likely helps make the tips harder and better suited for biting and crushing.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026

For some at Birkdale, the strategy will be crushing their drives as far as possible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

I’d change into play clothes, take my bowl and begin the solemn work of crushing an obscene number of crackers into the carrot-flecked broth until the spoon could nearly stand upright.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

Who feels the enormous weight of this crush crushing me.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith