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Four Marines crouch in the foreground surrounded by the blackened remains of burned trees; in the top two-thirds of the picture the black-and-white smoke of the blast billows upward, beautiful in its destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Others carry the earth to a nearby seasonal river, where mostly women crouch in the murky water, washing and sifting mud and sand hoping to detect a tiny trace of the element.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

The students crouch over monitors, assemble flight hardware, run orbital simulations, wire power systems and design satellite-tracking stations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

But don’t let fear put your portfolio into a defensive crouch.

From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026

He’d crouch a few feet away from the edge of her canvas and just wait, breathing as he always did, steady and calm.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

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

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

He crouches and points his long, camouflage-clad lens at a sudden frenzy of movement in the ferns beside the footpath.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024

When the soldiers leave and the door slams shut behind June, she walks over and crouches beside me.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

The man was crouched behind a 5-foot-tall gun safe Roebuck had purchased a few weeks earlier.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Though the main river channel lay some distance away, the surge had overflowed its banks, extending to the slope where Hamal was crouched behind a large rock.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

He crouched down in an attempt to find the right angle for a photo of the scene on his phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Seven-time world champion Shiffrin appeared to be in disbelief as she initially crossed the line but eventually crouched on her skis with her head in her hands before fist pumping towards the crowd.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026

I winced as I lifted myself onto my injured knee and crouched on the last shelf below the gunner’s perch.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

About 40% of people in their 60s have some difficulty crouching, kneeling or stooping.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

Images circulating on Mexican media showed man in a checked shirt on the pyramid as visitors appeared to be crouching at the foot of the Pyramid of the Moon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 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

Henry said, crouching down and giving him a hard look.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez