crunching
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Analysts are crunching the numbers on Marvell’s recently announced Google deal and how much fresh upside it really offers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
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
But he went over the limit and slid wide on the entry to Tabac, crunching his right rear wheel against the wall and breaking his rear suspension.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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
She shone it on me and then turned it off, but I could hear her footsteps crunching over glass as she ran toward me “You’ve come,” she said, covering me with kisses.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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