crouch
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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
Workers crouch on starting blocks to sprint for a snack during their 30-second lunch break; characters switch actors in the middle of a take, pretending that the swap is merely a disguise.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
The sound of our leadership now makes us all crouch too low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Seen through this lens, the Monroe Doctrine was more a defensive crouch than the posture of a global hegemon.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
Pong stood in a half crouch, his knees bent, like an animal ready to spring at her.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Holding a glass jug, Jorge Velazco Rocha crouches before a contraption of wooden barrels stacked in cascading fashion at his roadside tavern along the scrubby flanks of the Volcán de Colima.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
She crouches down in the soft pine needles and Shiloh starts leaping up on her with his front paws, licking at her face.
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The 40-year-old Ghanaian walked a few steps to the corner of the silent court room, crouched and covered his face.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Just before being hit, the English musician is crouched down singing, then as he stands, the phone hits him.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
They quickly rushed Trump off the stage and through a back curtain as the crowd crouched in shock.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
Raimund crouched down and roared with pleasure as he landed his final-round jump.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
He found Tiamat crouched in the middle of the floor, trying to breathe flame.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Cosmo went from crouching in corners, too afraid to explore, to leaping onto our high couch with the vigor of a puppy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Video footage from the event showed senior administration officials and cabinet secretaries, including White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Patel and Kennedy, crouching down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Applegate was crouching at the scorer’s table waiting to be buzzed in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
As she was crouching, she lost her balance and fell.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025
That was how the lamp felt: a small halo of brightness held out by a monster crouching in the shadows….
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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