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crunch

[kruhnch] / krʌntʃ /




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To help alleviate the supply crunch, Apple is looking to Chinese manufacturers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

The goal is to find the perfect viscosity of chocolate on Magnum bars, for the perfect crunch.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Ultimately, it’s a microcosm of a larger battle playing out across Southern California as cities ask existential questions in an effort to solve the housing crunch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The crunch has been nicknamed "RAMaggedon" after the components called RAM, or "random-access memory".

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The remaining icicles were put into the pail, and with the mallet, Duane hammered them and crushed them into something like snow, but still with the icy crunch he preferred.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

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

From standing bicep curls to seated crunches, my motions were tracked inside a yellow box on screen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 4, 2026

The snow crunches beneath our feet as we walk down the long driveway toward the double garage where the van and Dr.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

That’s the assessment from Goldman Sachs analysts led by Ryan Hammond, who crunched the numbers based on last year’s earnings reports.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Bethell crunched a breathtaking unbeaten 76 from 46 balls to give the home side a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Her feet crunched the rocks, and she felt almost giddy because her feet had crunched the rocks of this driveway so many times before.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

"It sounded like cracking, like popcorn in the microwave... crunching," she said.

From BBC Jul. 14, 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

Meanwhile, at ESPN, I was assigned to a behind-the-scenes post crunching stats for college-football coverage.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 2026

And then I heard the springs in Rondell’s bed crunching as he rolled his big ass over.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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