hunch
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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
“We’re here on what I would call a hunch or, at best, a suspicion,” said Brian Perkins, an attorney representing multiple victims in the case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Recently, England have occasionally favoured hunch selections, with some players thrust into Test cricket without a great deal of first-class experience.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Matejka’s hunch is that unlike 2025, Magnificent Seven stocks may not set the pace in a rebound and the leadership may be more broad-based.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 27, 2026
“Let’s move on to number seven. What’s your secret hunch about how you’ll die?”
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Dott's lawyer, Euan Dow, said emotions in such cases were natural, and urged jurors to not to decide the verdicts on "hunches" or "suspicions".
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
Saving for a goal that’s decades away, we might trade on this week’s hopes, fears, headlines and hunches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
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
Charlie hunches over on his stool, intently watching Gimpy pick up the knife and cut off a slab of dough.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Instead, he was hunched over in a single foldout plastic chair in an otherwise empty room, looking spent.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
They sat hunched inside the glass courtroom cage for most of the hearings, backs to the line of TV cameras.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
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
I stare at a homeless guy crossing the street, hunched down and slow, and it makes me even more impatient.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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
I browsed for hours, and by the time I was done my back was sore from hunching over crates and my arms ached from all the records I was toting around.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
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
"Then I saw a monkey hunching over my child."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2022
We skid into a nest with a pair of soldiers, hunching down behind the barrier.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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