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Recent Examples of crouch
Bystander video captured the sound of at least seven shots and showed people crouching and running for cover.
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Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
What’s the big deal with tying laces, unless bending or crouching is a big inconvenience?
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Elaina Verhoff,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Slide on a pair dedicated for cleaning, spritz some wood-safe cleaner on baseboards, then use your socked foot to wipe them down without crouching.
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Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
Seconds later, the same officer — now with his gun holstered — is captured on the camera crouching and clutching his left shoulder in pain.
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Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
What’s the big deal with tying laces, unless bending or crouching is a big inconvenience?
—
Elaina Verhoff,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
Slide on a pair dedicated for cleaning, spritz some wood-safe cleaner on baseboards, then use your socked foot to wipe them down without crouching.
—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
13 June 2026
Seconds later, the same officer — now with his gun holstered — is captured on the camera crouching and clutching his left shoulder in pain.
—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crouch
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Inside at Revel Lounge, half the après crowd sips cocktails in robes and slippers while the other half have logged back on with work and are huddled away in the bar’s many discreet nooks and corners.
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Before games, May said that Michigan’s coaching staff developed a habit of huddling up and reminding themselves to be confident because Johnson was on their team.
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Roden-Reynolds, the epidemiologist Lea Hamner, and Virginia Barbatti, the executive director of a nonprofit called Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard, were hunched over their laptops at locations around the island, scrutinizing a map of enemy encampments.
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Head down, shoulders hunched, and fingers flying on a keypad with the intensity of an individual suffering from an addiction.
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This can be avoided by squatting, stretching and loosening up your joints before jumping.
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Police said Alston and her boyfriend, Halley Tejada, gained access to the Kips Bay apartment Vitels had just moved into on 31st Street and squatted there for two days.
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“Crouch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouch. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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