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  • present participle of crouch.

crouching

ADJECTIVE
cringing
Synonyms




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Video footage from the event showed senior administration officials and cabinet secretaries, including deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, FBI Director Kash Patel and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., crouching down.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 27, 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

Then we saw one person crouching down on a small steep hill, and we immediately stopped and asked if the desert lilies were blooming.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 30, 2025

As she was crouching, she lost her balance and fell.

From BBC Nov. 14, 2025

‘Time we got started,’ he said, crouching by the fire and handing her a strip of dried deer meat.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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