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hunch

[huhnch] / hʌntʃ /




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I have a hunch that if you weren’t on opposing sides when it comes to paying off your mortgage, you would find another hot-button issue to disagree about.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Hartnett’s hunch appears to be playing out as several other commentators in the market have also decided the yields on offer in fixed-income markets are compelling.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Why did you have a hunch that certain live sports were about to go mainstream, first bullfighting, then UFC?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Vivienne's hunch was confirmed - she had hypermobile joints.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

She doesn’t respond at first, but he’s got a hunch that she will.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Much of the panic driving recent selloffs has been based on futuristic hunches or kneejerk assessments of the impact of new AI tools.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

“The Bear” star Jeremy Allen White hunches into leather jackets and flannels, dark curls coquettishly kissing his brow, in order to embody Springsteen on screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025

At the same time, the feats of Mr. Goddio and company—accomplished through a combination of mathematics, historical hunches and old-fashioned deep-sea diving—will keep a viewer afloat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

When the workweek began, we’d convene with analysts from other agencies to murder-board our hunches on how and where the next attack might occur.

From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2025

Her good shoulder hunches over, she lets out a deep quiet breath, and before long, she starts humming.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

“It was the dead of winter, and there was this 18-year-old, I would say, standing in the doorway, hunched over against the cold.”

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2026

Instead, he was hunched over in a single foldout plastic chair in an otherwise empty room, looking spent.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

"I would have periods where I was at work hunched over trying to serve customers, throwing up in the bin, running off to the toilet every three minutes."

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

"Everything seems normal to me, things seem fine," Luis Cardona, a Colombian who was visiting with his wife, told AFP, shoulders hunched against the wind and rain.

From Barron's ● May 12, 2026

It hunched over, standing on six legs but using the front two to feel the ground in front of it.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Sinner took lengthy off-court breaks at the end of each set, but continued to struggle, walking gingerly, wincing and hunching over his racquet between points.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

To challenge that, he made Clark Kent a nerd, hunching his shoulders, making him sputter with nervousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 7, 2026

And I’m tired of hunching down in front of him and walking backward, offering up bits of kibble to tempt him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

I browsed for hours, and by the time I was done my back was sore from hunching over crates and my arms ached from all the records I was toting around.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023

As he neared Jerry and Goober, he began a Jimmy Cagney imitation, shooting his cuffs and hunching his shoulders.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier


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