scrunch
verb (used with object)
to crunch, crush, or crumple.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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The line between film and TV is blurring—by this time next year, the Venn diagram will have scrunched closer toward an eclipse.
From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2018