crouch
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The sound of our leadership now makes us all crouch too low.
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
Claudine Singer, 72, brings knee pads so she can crouch in the street to scrape out the gutters with a metal claw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2025
The truck began to crouch in its stance, sinking toward the ground.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
At the top of a small rise Matthias dropped into a crouch.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The woman crouches, coaxing the animal with sweet compliments and a stick of sugarcane she brought with her.
From Slate ● May 27, 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
On the other end of the spectrum crouches The Liver King, the subject of a recently debuted episode of Netflix’s “Untold” sports documentary series.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
She crouches against the wall of the grotto, knapsack in her lap.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Then three soldiers climbed onto the rubble, in a line, as if in formation, and crouched down to listen.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
The 40-year-old Ghanaian walked a few steps to the corner of the silent court room, crouched and covered his face.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
They quickly rushed Trump off the stage and through a back curtain as the crowd crouched in shock.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
When The Times connected with Reyes, she was crouched down backstage at the Lovinger Theatre at Lehman College in the Bronx.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 31, 2026
The children crouched on their chairs, alert and ready to pounce.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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 way I wrote it, I had her crouching over the pitcher and Anna Moench, as the main female writer on the show, was like, “Sonny, I don’t think you know this works.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Then we saw one person crouching down on a small steep hill, and we immediately stopped and asked if the desert lilies were blooming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
As she was crouching, she lost her balance and fell.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
Jonathan, crouching on the floor to one side, looked on in terror.
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
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