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hunch

[huhnch] / hʌntʃ /




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The figures here all look a little awkward, with a slight hunch in their backless chair and their shoulders set at a forced angle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“My hunch is it was shocking,” Mora said of the immigration raids last summer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

And so the striker's hunch proved correct - he did have a role to play.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Monahan's own hunch centres on a subtype of the E. coli bacteria in the gut.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

I hunch over the edge of Mom’s pod.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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