crush

One widely discussed explanation is that the intense pressure at greater depths would crush the air spaces used by insects for breathing.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

“Obsession” wags its finger at projecting a fantasy onto your crush.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Analysts figured the company’s pill would similarly crush it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

It feels pretty basic, not to mention embarrassing, to have a sudden summer crush on Messi, but I don’t care.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

I’ve had a crush on her since forever.

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

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

We’re hearing the music even as we jostle through high-school hallways in our mind, revisiting old crushes and humiliations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

“Injection just crushes the older trees,” said Tommy Thayer, a fourth-generation grower.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

Experimental and fun, it crushes the stars' voices through digital effects that give their declarations of undying love a yearning, other-worldly quality.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

But if I'm honest, it's more than affection—this is how I used to feel about my literary crushes.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

They found Homer, but it took weeks to uncover Langley, who had been crushed beneath one of his own towering piles.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

Their third-floor apartment now sits at eye level, crushed under piles of concertinaed concrete slabs from the OPP 26 building in coastal Caraballeda, one of the districts hardest hit by the quakes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

At the final whistle, the exhausted world champions fell to the turf, crushed by the heat and breathing a collective sigh of relief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Arias said that Gil appeared to have miraculously escaped being crushed when the shopping centre collapsed.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The ship was being crushed like a nut, and Shackleton knew there was nothing he could do to stop it.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

Four women and two men are in the running to succeed Antonio Guterres as leader of the United Nations, which faces unprecedented global instability, wars and its own crushing budget crisis.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 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

Too pragmatic, poor use of substitutes, sitting back too deep and when faced with their first real big opponent of the tournament, a crushing defeat.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

“You didn’t fail. You tried! Amelia, that makes me so proud,” Mom says, pulling me into a crushing embrace.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari