the crunch
noun
: a very difficult point or situation
The crunch came when the computer stopped working.
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New Zealand stood up to them last Sunday but fell backwards when the crunch came.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
But the at-home audio experience has added a new element to football coverage; in-stadium viewers won’t hear the crunch of a hit or boot of a punt—much less a pre-snap audible call—the way those on their couch will.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025
For Frankel, the sound of the crunch as her teen bit into the cheese stick was amazing enough.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
What Tian Tian doesn’t know is that Fang Di is a prisoner too, trapped in a long-standing spiral of debt that is coming to the crunch.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
But the at-home audio experience has added a new element to football coverage; in-stadium viewers won’t hear the crunch of a hit or boot of a punt—much less a pre-snap audible call—the way those on their couch will.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025
For Frankel, the sound of the crunch as her teen bit into the cheese stick was amazing enough.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
What Tian Tian doesn’t know is that Fang Di is a prisoner too, trapped in a long-standing spiral of debt that is coming to the crunch.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the crunch
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“The crunch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20crunch. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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