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as in crush
a strong but often short-lived liking for another person she's usually got a mash on moviedom's hunk du jour

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verb

1
as in to squeeze
to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of this press can mash 10 bushels of apples at a time

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as in to crush
to cause to become a pulpy mass mash the ripe banana before adding it to the mixture

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Noun
Place the avocados in a large bowl and mash with a fork. ABC News, 13 May 2026 Today, Jones and his wife, Peg Hays, use this original still pot design to make award-winning, small-batch mash bill bourbons, moonshines, and more. Michelle Polizzi, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
Verb
The liquid becomes ganjang (soy sauce); the solids are mashed to become doenjang (soybean paste). Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 May 2026 As his team ramps up its offseason program to prepare for what will be his 18th season as majority owner, Ross has mashed the reset button, started over with a ground-up rebuild in what feels like his last big swing at making his franchise an NFL champion. Greg Cote may 7, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for mash
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Noun
  • As for those online friends who supported her late into the night, talking about Kiyoko’s music and their secret crushes, Perez still thinks about them sometimes.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
  • Several months later, a boy pretending to be Holfeldt’s crush texted her to hang out.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 19 May 2026
Verb
  • The advice generated for mental health inquiries can attempt to squeeze a round peg into a square hole, simply because that’s the imbalance of the AI.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • But the airline was squeezed at the airport because Spirit occupied many of the gates, especially at prime flying hours.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 May 2026
Verb
  • The proprietary alkaline pulping method used to produce its lyocell is cleaner and more efficient than traditional chemical approaches, lowering the environmental footprint from the start while improving production efficiency.
    SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Here, traditional saa paper is made by hand from the bark of mulberry trees: soaked, pulped, and pressed into delicate sheets embedded with local flowers and leaves.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Predators probably avoided attacking healthy adults of any large sauropod species because of the danger of being squashed.
    Reuters, NBC news, 15 May 2026
  • Morris fell on top of her, knees spread to keep from squashing Dinah’s chest and maybe killing her.
    Stephen King, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026

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“Mash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mash. Accessed 26 May. 2026.

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