crush

Example Sentences

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It may take more than oil spiking above $110 a barrel to crush the market’s soul.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 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

Who feels the enormous weight of this crush crushing me.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith