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crunching



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His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.

From Slate Jun. 9, 2026

Navigating around the crater, Al-Ahmad trudged into the blown-out remains of the hall, his feet crunching on an underbrush of glass, wood splinters and insulation.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2026

XTX Markets, an algorithmic trading firm, is building a $1 billion-plus complex of five AI data centers in Finland to expand its data crunching and model training capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

She has also recorded the sounds of birds singing, footsteps crunching on snow and flowing streams to remind her of life back on that blue planet she can see out of the window.

From Barron's Feb. 13, 2026

The cub played with them tirelessly before crunching them to bits.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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