crush

“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

The Cowboys end a 21-game losing streak to FBS opponents and crush the Ducks’ national title hopes while the Wolverines bounce back after a lucky win last week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Johnson said: "That you had a crush on him."

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

While Washington now aims to crush Iran economically, Tehran has weathered decades of international sanctions and experts remain sceptical about how much more pressure the US can bring to bear.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

By the time he’d straightened up again, Chip had joined him on the porch, either because he was curious about the letter too, or because he really did have a crush on Katherine.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

Max Muncy crushes a two-run home run and Roki Sasaki showcases his velocity in the Dodgers’ 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

I didn’t want to get involved in another one of Audrey’s crushes, either.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

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

Ryan Garcia crushed Briton Conor Benn with a ruthless second-round stoppage to retain his WBC welterweight crown in a world title mismatch in Las Vegas.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

When disposable vape cartridges are put in garbage or recycling bins, they can be crushed by garbage trucks and sorting equipment at waste facilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The nose that Frankie had broken had healed crooked, one nostril crushed into a slit.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

It seems like McKinley wants to deliver a crushing blow, but then feints at the last minute, opting for a more optimistic kind of fantasy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

The emergence of industrial crushing in the 1910s transformed the crop.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

His crushing fatalism makes him an unlikely candidate to select patriotic verse for the festival’s poetry chapbook or to furnish interiors for its house-and-home exhibition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

"The battle for succession has largely remained an in-house rather than a national matter following the weakening of political institutions and the crushing of dissenting voices," said Waluya.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Counter-Reformation was the church’s attempt to rebuild the old order by crushing the new ideas.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife