crush
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“It is objectively fun to have a little internet crush, and let that person be the senior senator from Georgia.”
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
They accuse doomers of being a front for companies seeking to use regulation to crush rivals.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Before, the two forces had been allies, working together to crush rebellions in Darfur, but also pro-democracy movements that sprung up after the ouster of Sudanese dictator Omar Al-Bashir in 2019.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Johnson said: "That you had a crush on him."
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Fine. I’ll crush it at the talent show.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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
The practice allows them to build a presence in the ring that crushes their opponents harder than a suplex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
"It's not only humiliating and devastating and shattering – it also just crushes your soul," Jane said.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
Shed had a crush on Drew Dunaway ever since Ivy and Taryn figured out what crushes were.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
That is an astonishing reversal from Berkshire’s glory days during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s when it crushed the overall market by a wide margin.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Second, if I did, I would have gotten crushed because I didn't have a why."
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
The page also displays a picture of the Aztek van, a seatless ride whose interior was lined with crushed red velvet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Like so many since, he was crushed by Max Verstappen, and demoted back to the second team after half a season.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
She crushed the clay between two rocks and made a thick paste with water to smear over the outside of the boat.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Tyrone is known for its cluster of engineering and manufacturing firms and today more than 40% of the world's mobile crushing and screening equipment is made in the Mid Ulster area.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But crushing all those beans also produced a river of cheap oil.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, as he struggles with a crushing financial problem he did not create, he’s aware that millions are being spent on homelessness without significant progress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
These shares were among the most heavily shorted in recent years, but positive news on a cancer vaccine from Moderna and Merck sent those stocks flying, crushing some quant and other hedge funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The sounds of the ice grinding and crushing, creaking and cracking, filled the cold, damp air all around them.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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