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crush

[kruhsh] / krʌʃ /


NOUN
infatuation
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At least 17 people have been killed and many more injured in a crush at an event in the Indian city of Kolkata to mark the Hindu festival of Durga Puja, officials say.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“It’s gonna crush every track record that’s ever existed,” Musk said Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Support what we do and help us absolutely crush it during Slate’s 30th anniversary pledge drive!

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

If you’re the Fed, “you’re really going to have to crush everything that isn’t AI, if AI refuses to slow down,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

He didn’t crush it or make it disappear, but we understood.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

If the Jacobian determinant is always a constant number that is not zero, then the function never folds or crushes space around a particular point.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

“LLY crushes expectations,” wrote RBC Capital Markets analyst Trung Huynh, describing the company’s second-quarter performance to investors.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Authorities are deeply aware of the risk of crowd crushes, which have marred similar events in the past, with TV broadcasting guidelines on how to stay safe.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

There was the excitement of new crushes and having fun in a new city with two friends, but there was also the crushing disappointment of feeling like I was never gonna make it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

He hadn’t expected her to choose him—of course not; he, Moody, was not the kind of guy girls had crushes on.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Hillingdon Council says it issues a £1,000 fixed penalty fine to culprits, and last month it seized and crushed a vehicle that was linked to fly tipping.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

He stayed back on a fastball and crushed it to deep left field, on a trajectory to just clear the short fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Several decorated fragments contained grog, the crushed pottery temper associated with some Mississippian traditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Our industry can be crushed" if "unbridled" AI voice cloning spreads on social media, actor Bin Shimada, who is part of the campaign group, had told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

I opened it to see the word crushed on the top line, so I decided not to read the rest.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Excessive rain in Brazil may delay sugarcane crushing, which would mean less near-term sugar supply.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

But despite a crushing loss to their biggest rivals, the Longhorns don’t believe the sky is falling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

"And they're not using vessels from just anywhere. They're crushing up the same decorated vessels that include pieces of decorated pottery from before."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

His toughness was not in question, though, not after some of those crushing hits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The day before our scheduled transfer came a crushing blow.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson


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