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Recent Examples of crouched
The image in question features Grande crouched on the ground while sucking a lollipop and loving a happy black dog.
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Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
The first showed him walking hand-in-hand with his sons, and the second showed Jack crouched down in a church pew as one of his sons played with toys, surrounded by coloring books and stickers.
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Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
Peters crouched down and used a little body language to try to coax the ball fair.
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Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Brandon Wolf crouched in the corner of the nightclub bathroom for what felt like forever as gunshots rang out.
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Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Bindi, who won season 21 of the reality dance show with partner Derek Hough, smiled with her arm around Robert, who crouched down next to his dancing partner, Witney Carson.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
At the final whistle, Pulisic crouched on the field, covered his face with his jersey and cried.
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Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
When one of them crouched to pet the Federicos’ dog Marshall, napping on the floor, Rob explained how Kong dog toys were invented.
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Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
3 June 2026
Sam discovers the thing crouched over his new friend’s lifeless body, seemingly feeding off him.
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ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
25 June 2026
The first showed him walking hand-in-hand with his sons, and the second showed Jack crouched down in a church pew as one of his sons played with toys, surrounded by coloring books and stickers.
—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
22 June 2026
Peters crouched down and used a little body language to try to coax the ball fair.
—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Brandon Wolf crouched in the corner of the nightclub bathroom for what felt like forever as gunshots rang out.
—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Bindi, who won season 21 of the reality dance show with partner Derek Hough, smiled with her arm around Robert, who crouched down next to his dancing partner, Witney Carson.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
At the final whistle, Pulisic crouched on the field, covered his face with his jersey and cried.
—
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
When one of them crouched to pet the Federicos’ dog Marshall, napping on the floor, Rob explained how Kong dog toys were invented.
—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
3 June 2026
Sam discovers the thing crouched over his new friend’s lifeless body, seemingly feeding off him.
—
ArsTechnica,
26 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crouched
Verb
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The former hedge fund manager huddled with the Fed’s then-chair, Jerome Powell, and the CEOs of systemically important banks in April to discuss the risks posed by Anthropic’s Mythos.
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In downtown Caracas, hundreds spent the night huddled in parks, parking lots and other open spaces.
Verb
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The performance seemed designed to suggest that, away from the cameras, the Russian leader spends his time hunched over maps of the battlefield.
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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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“Crouched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crouched. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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