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The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate loan inched up this week to 6.49%, adding to the affordability crunch many prospective home buyers are feeling.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

In explaining why its downbeat scenarios in April didn’t come to pass, the IMF pointed to unexpected flexibility in energy markets that prevented a bigger price crunch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Large language models are the technology that underpins chatbots and many other AI tools, with their capacity to crunch through colossal amounts of digital data.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

That’s apparently for the long haul: During their most recent earnings call, Micron executives informed shareholders that they expect the global memory crunch to last through 2027.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

Last night’s winds had blown a great many leaves from the trees, and they gave a satisfying crunch beneath his paws.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Here, BBC Scotland crunches the numbers behind that and looks at the potential deeper issues.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 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

Porciuncula also weaves in workouts on the deck, such as planks, sit-ups and crunches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

I was in the living room, my feet tucked under the lip of the couch, firing through a set of fifty crunches when I heard Ma’s actual sleepy voice drift up and over the room.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

Julian Emanuel, chief equity and quantitative strategist at Evercore, has crunched the numbers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Just for fun, BBC Sport and Opta have crunched all the numbers to find out.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Researchers crunched ADP payroll data for more than 400,000 U.S. 20-somethings nationwide.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

But JPMorgan analyst Rob O’Dwyer crunched the numbers.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026

Viola was bent over an elaborate cake, holding her breath and applying the final decorations of nonpareils, those tiny edible metallic nuggets that crunched thrillingly between the teeth.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

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

Only after crunching the numbers, interviewing experts, and analyzing all of the angles do she and her partners invest.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Scotland again pushed for immediate retaliation, but their momentum was killed when Stuart McCloskey's crunching tackle on Russell turned the ball over in Ireland's favour.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

Several people went hurrying past him on the sidewalk, their chins sunk deep in the collars of their coats, their feet crunching in the snow.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl