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Recent Examples of crouch
Kunkel, a freelance journalist at a protest outside an immigration detention center in Chicago on September 26, was crouched behind a van when an agent took aim from a safe perch behind a chain link fence.
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Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
People stood, crouched and leaned against cars, eating shawarma, nihari burgers, kunafa and stretchy ice cream.
—Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Bhakta and his friends stayed inside, crouched down, until police arrived.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
There’s nothing quite as humbling as crouching next to a random airport outlet.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
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Bob Ortega, CNN Money, 10 Mar. 2026
People stood, crouched and leaned against cars, eating shawarma, nihari burgers, kunafa and stretchy ice cream.
—Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Bhakta and his friends stayed inside, crouched down, until police arrived.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American Statesman, 8 Mar. 2026
There’s nothing quite as humbling as crouching next to a random airport outlet.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crouch
Verb
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We were huddled shoulder to shoulder on the floor at my bedroom door, listening at the decent-size crack.—
Kate Crane,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2026
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Others huddle in tents pulled together from sheets of tarp along the curving coastal corniche or around Horsh Beirut, a park of pine trees on the outskirts of an area of the southern suburbs known as Dahiyeh.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Just off the reception, Japanese and international creatives in preppy suits hunch over MacBooks slurping strawberry matcha lattes with Tokyo’s skyline forming their Zoom backdrop.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Mar. 2026
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His skin looks all messed up and he's hunched over in pain, hearing noises.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Bend your standing knee and squat down while keeping balance.—
Jim Diehl CSCS,
Outside,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ion has been squatting in the basement of an apartment building, which is set to be levelled to make way for a luxury hotel called the Kontinental Boutique.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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