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crushes

  • plural of crush.
  • present tense form of crush (3rd person singular).

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Sign Crushes Motorist currently has about 2.2m monthly listeners on Spotify, while another of his projects, Take Care has about 2.4m.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2025

Crushes are so weird — I mean, think back on some long-expired crush.

From Washington Post • May 7, 2022

Crushes are like little treadmills of hope in the abyss.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2019

Crushes are powerful, that’s definitely true, but they’re not irresistible forces of nature that mow down the human ability to make decisions.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2018

“Fourth grade, sixth grade, and seventh. Crushes from long ago.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali