crunch
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They crunch into every flavor of Wingstop and rack up millions of views; they clean Korean fried chicken drums in one fell bite, without leaving a trace of meat on the bone.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2026
The paper suggests that the speech, which will be made on Friday at the annual Jackson Hole symposium, could be a crunch moment for one of Donald Trump's key economic appointees.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“It was a bit of a cash crunch for us,” Adam admits, “but I think we were also lucky in a lot of ways.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
The supply crunch for memory and storage components has allowed companies to raise prices and score long-term customer contracts that aim to smooth out the market’s cyclical behavior.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
“We’re just on a bit of a time crunch today, Miss Ma’am. This won’t be a regular thing,” Daddy says.
From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone
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 man crunches his way toward us, through this snow-covered field and past rows upon rows of identical wooden tombstones, then gestures back in the direction he came from.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2026
Dry grass crunches under the soles of our sneakers, and a light breeze rustles the leaves of the soaring trees.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
Shards of glass and porcelain crunched under Vadym's feet as he walked through the remains of his shop.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Athletic crunched the numbers and determined that no team in baseball has faced as dramatic an increase in fastball percentage, with the Dodgers seeing that frequency climb steadily since May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Just for fun, BBC Sport and Opta have crunched all the numbers to find out.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
When people account for their hours, she observes, they “realize that life isn’t as frenzied or crunched as they may have been imagining.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Our feet crunched on the gravel path leading to the front door.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
But after four memorable shootouts in the last 32 and last 16, we thought it was worth crunching the numbers once again.
From BBC ● Jul. 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
Navigating around the crater, Al-Ahmad trudged into the blown-out remains of the hall, his feet crunching on an underbrush of glass, wood splinters and insulation.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026
The arrival of “talkies” further eased its entry: Orchestras disappeared, dialogue filled the soundtrack and a little crunching no longer disrupted the show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
We walked in silence, dry fallen leaves crunching beneath our feet.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
