crush
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Forces regularly launch crackdowns where they seize illegally used devices, and often crush them.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Obsession,” on the other hand, wags its finger at projecting a fantasy onto your crush.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
The animals use these hard mouthparts to bite, crush, and consume their food.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Analysts figured the company’s pill would similarly crush it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
It had made me feel like I had a kindred spirit—until she asked out my crush!
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But authorities will also want the event to go smoothly, 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. 4, 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
But when a pot does fall it merely crushes a car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
“Injection just crushes the older trees,” said Tommy Thayer, a fourth-generation grower.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Dalton crushes me as he leans over and waves out my window.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
My preferred way to eat chicken noodle soup as a child was with so many Saltines crushed into the bowl that it ceased to resemble soup altogether.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
Its leaders rejected emigration to Palestine and, after the pogroms and massacres that accompanied Russia’s collapse, went into exile or were crushed by the Soviets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
A blackened mattress, a twisted bicycle, a crushed sofa and toys protrude between two stacked concrete slabs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Arias said that Gil appeared to have miraculously escaped being crushed when the shopping centre collapsed.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
He crushed the cloth under his fingers like a security blanket.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
And since Tuesday, Spain has been caught in another crushing heatwave, with temperatures in Guadalajara province forecast to rise as high as 39 Celsius on Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Major cities throughout the States have seen crushing drops in Canadian tourism and business it affords to costly enterprises like ski resorts.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026
As you can see from this chart, big energy stocks are crushing the rest of the market so far this year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
This higher concentration likely helps make the tips harder and better suited for biting and crushing.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
That evening, in the privacy of his room, he tore the pages out in handfuls, crushing them into wads and tossing them into the garbage can.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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