Example Sentences

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“You Gotta Think Intel is Crushing It,” Melius analyst Ben Reitzes titled a report to clients earlier this month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Crushing insect exoskeletons may have helped early tetrapods develop the ability to handle tougher plant material.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026

Crushing the rice will thicken the milk when it’s cooked and give the Payesh a creamy, pudding-like consistency.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

Crushing heat waves have swept across large swathes of Brazil these past months, though it was winter.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023

Crushing on the most sarcastic and annoying, not to mention infectious, boy I’ve ever met.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott