hunch
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Rodriguez had a hunch he might propose because they had formed such a tight bond during their overseas trip.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In another group, the tablet lay flat on a desk set at a lower height, which encouraged participants to lean forward and hunch over.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
As a result, "my hunch is that we will see more successful employee ownership conversions in the next few years."
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Hartnett suspects the oversold and the overbought may start to reverse respective directions if his hunch is correct that there’s a cyclical upswing in the U.S. economy looming.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
I hunch down until I’m as low on the board as I can go—the change speeds me up, and I rocket toward the marble.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
If you bet money on whims and hunches, you’ll pull it right back out based on gut feelings, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Much of the panic driving recent selloffs has been based on futuristic hunches or kneejerk assessments of the impact of new AI tools.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
When the workweek began, we’d convene with analysts from other agencies to murder-board our hunches on how and where the next attack might occur.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025
For all the analysis, match-ups and hunches, India tours of the UK often seem to throw up controversies or off-field problems that alter the direction of the series.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2025
Finch hunches over the dash and slows down to a crawl.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
Once again, Walker Kessler sat hunched forward, ears and eyes intently locked onto the person whose words would change his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Even though he had no notable operations outside the U.S., he hunched toward a microphone and said in a halting voice, “Hilcorp is fully committed and ready to go to rebuilding the infrastructure in Venezuela.”
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
The soundtrack is a series of bleeps and pings as fresh data is fed to dozens of men in T-shirts and hoodies hunched over joysticks and keyboards.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026
Six years earlier, I’d been hunched over a laptop in Melbourne, writing my way into a new career after selling my business.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026
Aunt Melissa even stands like Dad—slightly hunched over, with a curious tilt of the head.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
My adult physical life has been a mixed bag of hyper-athletic hot yoga, long country runs and hunching over my computer for days on end.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
She is unassuming, often hunching her shoulders and bowing her head modestly as she walks toward the starting blocks before a race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2022
Many think the Brazilian men’s national team popularized the shift from squatting to hunching over for the front-row starters.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
"Then I saw a monkey hunching over my child."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2022
Milkman walked in, hunching his shoulders under his wet suit jacket.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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