sandwich

as in to stuff
to fit (people or things) into a tight space sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow

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Recent Examples of sandwich The Yanks were third behind the Dodgers in 2024 with the Mets sandwiched between the two of them when considering their entire 40-man rosters. Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2025 The Villa museum is sandwiched in the foothills between Will Rogers State Park and Topanga State Park in Pacific Palisades, just north of Santa Monica. Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 The towers are sandwiched between office complexes and a deteriorating downtown dotted with tar paper roofs sprawls outside its back windows. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025 The next day the dough is laminated — sandwiched with a slab of butter and rolled and folded into about 30 layers. Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for sandwich 
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  • Drew Kates, Senior, Richland Kates stuffed the state sheet for the Royals, passing for 3,760 yards and 38 touchdowns with five interceptions.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Pimiento cheese is stuffed into these pint-size Peppadew peppers for easy-to-pop treats.
    Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
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  • The way the Big East is shaping up, after five games, the Huskies won’t be playing many close games in conference, but there are a lot of games crammed into the next eight weeks and ability to close out games smoothly is something that matters.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The modest three-bedroom apartment with expansive views of the Hudson River was half-cleared, yet still somehow crammed with books, papers, photographs, awards and tchotchkes.
    Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • These forces squeeze a star horizontally while stretching it vertically.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Egypt lost $7 billion in crucial revenue from the Suez Canal in 2024 as the conflict in Gaza has squeezed shipping in the Red Sea, according to government officials.
    Vivian Yee, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • Consumed by the desire to stay in power, he has been wedged between overwhelming public demand for the hostages to be released, and those who keep him in power—his coalition partners.
    Dahlia Scheindlin / Tel Aviv, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The country club and golf course is wedged between the east end of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, about two blocks east of West Sunset Boulevard and one block northwest of San Vicente Boulevard at 1250 Capri Drive.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • In addition, the levels of electronic warfare have steadily increased, and Russian forces are now well supplied with devices to detect and jam FPV communications.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement The two men, ragged and sleepless, belongings jammed into two battered pick-ups, were regrouping Wednesday morning in La Cañada Flintridge, a few miles northwest of Altadena.
    Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • The pyrotechnics team loads enough fireworks to celebrate five or six touchdowns per game, said Vaill.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Already, around 890 unique tankers loaded Russian oil — comprising both crude and oil products — in the past six months, analytics firm Vortexa told CNBC on Jan. 7, with 107 of these ships — or 12% of the total — being subject to vessel-specific sanctions at the time.
    Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
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  • This compact jewelry case may be small, but it’s packed with organization features and lined with soft velvet to protect your pieces.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 17 Jan. 2025
  • President-elect Trump will be sworn in Monday inside the Capitol Rotunda, and D.C. will be packed with events surrounding the inauguration.
    Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Sandwich.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandwich. Accessed 25 Jan. 2025.

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