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crouch

verb as in stoop low; cringe

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But Schiff said he’s not unaccustomed to working from a defensive crouch.

And even more children will come home from school, haunted by the memory of crouching in silence, pressed against the corner of a dimly lit room during “active-shooter drills.”

From Salon

"He was in the corner of the lounge with his hands on his head, crouching in the corner and just sobbing. He was repeating 'I don't know what's the matter with me'."

From BBC

With the Brazilian not defending himself, the referee stopped the contest as an emotional Ngannou crouched against the cage, gathering his thoughts in victory.

From BBC

In a press conference the police said: "We observed a female crouched over against the upstairs front window of that house and located Mary deceased unfortunately within the property."

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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