crush
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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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