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crush

[kruhsh] / krʌʃ /


NOUN
infatuation
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Haiti's prime minister's office expressed "deep sadness" in a government statement posted on Facebook, adding that the crush occurred during "a tourist activity bringing together many young people."

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

He said those visiting can "get the whole boat to themselves for an hour and they can take videos and photos, recite all the lines and crush the cans".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“It was somebody who was just as much a friend as a person that I had a crush on,” she recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Most alarmingly, courts have wielded the statute to crush lawsuits that accuse social media companies of negligently providing a defective product.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

I crush maple leaves underfoot all the way to the wall separating school from the street.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari




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