crouch
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Be sure to crouch low and appreciate the Stormtrooper’s mundane white boots.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Others carry the earth to a nearby seasonal river, where mostly women crouch in the murky water, washing and sifting mud and sand hoping to detect a tiny trace of the element.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The students crouch over monitors, assemble flight hardware, run orbital simulations, wire power systems and design satellite-tracking stations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
You crouch down low to enter a darkened shack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
I dropped into a crouch and slipped from tree to tree.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The woman crouches, coaxing the animal with sweet compliments and a stick of sugarcane she brought with her.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
He crouches unusually low in the ring to maintain his balance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 24, 2026
On the other end of the spectrum crouches The Liver King, the subject of a recently debuted episode of Netflix’s “Untold” sports documentary series.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2025
A prison officer crouches down, stemming the flow.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2024
Matilde moves from the sofa and crouches beside me, holding my limp hand.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
The man was crouched behind a 5-foot-tall gun safe Roebuck had purchased a few weeks earlier.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Though the main river channel lay some distance away, the surge had overflowed its banks, extending to the slope where Hamal was crouched behind a large rock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He crouched down in an attempt to find the right angle for a photo of the scene on his phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Seven-time world champion Shiffrin appeared to be in disbelief as she initially crossed the line but eventually crouched on her skis with her head in her hands before fist pumping towards the crowd.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
John and Marlie crouched beside Rowan as he unrolled it and spread it out on his knees.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
About 40% of people in their 60s have some difficulty crouching, kneeling or stooping.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Cosmo went from crouching in corners, too afraid to explore, to leaping onto our high couch with the vigor of a puppy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Video footage from the event showed senior administration officials and cabinet secretaries, including White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, Patel and Kennedy, crouching down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
Images circulating on Mexican media showed man in a checked shirt on the pyramid as visitors appeared to be crouching at the foot of the Pyramid of the Moon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
In the center of everything, there’s a really big photo with Quinton and Maria crouching down beside a short elf with a head full of dark leaves and skin like mottled tree bark.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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