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Recent Examples of squish
Frazier squished his share of bugs during 11 years in the major leagues from 2011-21.
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John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Try very carefully squishing the caterpillars without opening the pouches to save some time.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Instead, the characters keep finding themselves in implausibly dangerous situations, where a procession of coincidences might lead to them getting squished, impaled, or otherwise maimed.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
But the orbit is somewhat squished, with one half of the orbit being significantly closer to the central star than the other.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
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John Perrotto, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Try very carefully squishing the caterpillars without opening the pouches to save some time.
—Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
Instead, the characters keep finding themselves in implausibly dangerous situations, where a procession of coincidences might lead to them getting squished, impaled, or otherwise maimed.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025
But the orbit is somewhat squished, with one half of the orbit being significantly closer to the central star than the other.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squish
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In theory, this could help spotlight Alto Adige’s remarkable vineyard diversity - granite slopes, volcanic porphyry, glacial moraines - all compressed into just under 6,000 hectares of fragmented vineyards, layered across extreme altitudes.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Burnout is a potential trade-off If your workload is heavy, compressing it into fewer days can backfire.—
Julia Sullivan,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
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Sweet enough to make a satisfying snack cake, but not too sweet to serve for breakfast, this mash up of blueberry bread and zucchini bread hits just right between indulgent and good for you.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
8 July 2025
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The train is transported to Woodinville for mashing, fermentation, and distillation.—
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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But that decades-old business paradigm was squashed in 2020 by a successful reform campaign waged by the Writers Guild of America, asseting that the whole system was rife with conflicts of interest.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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There's also Malabar shrimp ($25.95) and a vegetarian korma with chickpeas and squash ($22.95).—
Keith Pandolfi,
The Enquirer,
26 June 2025
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Over a century and a half after he was fooled and shoved into an airlock in the season-two finale, Day is not absolutely done with everything.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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The order, issued July 10, follows evidence of over 35 incidents in which reporters were allegedly shoved, tear-gassed, shot with rubber bullets, or arrested while documenting protests in downtown Los Angeles throughout June.—
Amanda Castro
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Kalvin Phillips squeezes a pass through the gap and into Omari Hutchinson, taking three Forest players out of the game.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Marlene alleged her son grabbed and started to squeeze her throat.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Another of Raleigh's sons, Kyle, ran up, and punched Morrow in the head before pinning him to the pavement.—
Kevin Grasha,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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Kelly tries to pick up his cell phone and belongings scattered on a bike lane when the twins return and begin punching him, the video shows.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Blurry Vision High sugar levels force the body to pull fluid from your tissues, including the lenses of your eyes.—
Barbie Cervoni,
Verywell Health,
15 July 2025
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These high taxes explain why Tesla was forced to set its prices so high in India, despite the country’s preference for EVs at much lower price ranges.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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That compels people to shell out somewhere between $2,500 and $3,000 for courtside seats for a summer league game, as people did Thursday.—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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So she still feels compelled to speak up for these fellow children of God.—
Scott Maxwell,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 July 2025
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“Squish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squish. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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