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crunch

[kruhnch] / krʌntʃ /




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While Micron has benefited from the memory supply crunch by being able to raise prices for components, Sankar noted that pricing could start to decline in the third quarter of 2027.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Russian domestic supply crunch was caused in part by dwindling supply while demand picked up during the country’s massive wheat harvesting season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Some days undoubtedly call for acid, salt and crunch.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

“It’s playoff crunch time and so it’s always exciting, especially when you’re team is in it. So I’m excited to see where they do.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

He heard it topple, followed by the satisfying crunch of several dozen arai as they were smashed flat.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

We haven’t even gotten to Messi’s generational rival, 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo, who’s likely in a hotel gym door somewhere doing repeated upside-down crunches in preparation for Portugal’s opener at 1 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

We performed classic moves: squats, crunches, high and low planks and bird dogs, among them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

In some instances, rapid growth was fueled by supply crunches and migration trends.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Deulofeu squeezes each hand into a fist and crunches his knuckles together to replicate his right knee.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026

“The skin and tube look much better. You’ll be up and around by this afternoon. No crunches, though.”

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

BBC Sport has crunched the numbers to assess the potential financial impact on the top flight.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Workers are getting crunched right now," he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Plaid CFO Seun Sodipo wants her staff to strike up conversations with company leaders about numbers they’ve crunched in the back office—so much so that it’s been a top priority for her rookie year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Video from OnScene, a news service, showed the suspect’s vehicle crunched with the air bags deployed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

The walls around them were covered in solid ice, and his footsteps crunched into the packed snow.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

Analysts are crunching the numbers on Marvell’s recently announced Google deal and how much fresh upside it really offers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Large language models are the technology that underpins chatbots and other AI tools by crunching vast amounts of digital data.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

A crunching tackle at the Holte End against Wigan on his Villa debut endeared him to the support.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.

From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2026

I stepped forward, broken glass crunching beneath my sneakers.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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