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Recent Examples of crouch
Later in the footage, a cat shows up, crouched near the iguana.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
What disrupts the playful opening to what will become a quietly devastating look at PTSD, however, is a sudden cut to a girl crouching next to the body.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
Shaver crouched on her knees as the sun started to rise, carefully lifting the hatchlings out of their box and laying them on the sand facing the vast sea, guarding them from crabs and gulls, herding stray hatchlings in the right direction.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The clip, which has resurfaced on social media, shows Trump Jr. crouched in tall grass beside a pile of dead ducks, describing his prey.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025
What disrupts the playful opening to what will become a quietly devastating look at PTSD, however, is a sudden cut to a girl crouching next to the body.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025
Shaver crouched on her knees as the sun started to rise, carefully lifting the hatchlings out of their box and laying them on the sand facing the vast sea, guarding them from crabs and gulls, herding stray hatchlings in the right direction.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
The clip, which has resurfaced on social media, shows Trump Jr. crouched in tall grass beside a pile of dead ducks, describing his prey.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crouch
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Others huddled in conversation in the Great Hall and in what was once the library of Andrew Carnegie’s uptown manse.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 Apr. 2025
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In Kentucky, Misty Vincent huddled in a bathtub with her four children and two pets as the storm ramped up overnight.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Every night, my father turned that tiny space into an office, sitting cross-legged in a wide armchair, hunched over the coffee table that held our most valuable possession, a new IBM Selectric typewriter.—
Philip J. Deloria,
The Atlantic,
3 Apr. 2025
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Pedro walks alone, hunched slightly, his face carrying what seems to be the weight of a personal, emotional struggle.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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But on Thursday, in the minutes before the opener, the manager squatted down behind home plate to receive a pitch from Nelson Cruz. Cruz, who played for the Twins for parts of three seasons between 2019-21, bounced the ball, after which Baldelli embraced his former player.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
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But the highlight of the picture, which came out in 1972, remains the footage in the amphitheater showing Roger Waters attacking a gong, David Gilmour squatting in the dirt with his guitar, and Rick Wright playing a grand piano — all with Mason at his drum kit in the center.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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