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 Broncos put that streak in jeopardy first when Nix sandwiched a touchdown run and a short scoring pass to rookie running back RJ Harvey around a Justin Strnad interception. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025 The building would be surrounded on all four sides, sandwiched between the church and a ten-story MetroTech building, with the rowhouses in front and BellTel lofts in the back. Kim Velsey, Curbed, 20 Oct. 2025 The Aggies also held the Razorbacks to a pair of 22-yard Scott Starzyk field goals that were sandwiched around a fourth-down stop at the Arkansas 49 early in the game. Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025 But much to Castle's disappointment, Paramount handed over the directing reins to Roman Polanski, who sandwiched the film between 1965's Repulsion and 1976's The Tenant in his informal Apartment Trilogy. Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sandwich
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandwich
Verb
  • After the goal, the TNT broadcast showed Binnington apparently stuffing the milestone puck into his hockey pants but an official confronted him.
    Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Turducken is a partially de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck that has been stuffed with a de-boned chicken.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Coffee maker brands have, increasingly, been cramming more and more brewing options into a single machine.
    Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The area, crammed with fast-food chains and strip malls, might initially not look like much.
    Katie Chang, AFAR Media, 31 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The polls had him on top for months, and his decision to focus his mayoral campaign on cost-of-living issues proved to be the right one in a city where residents are increasingly squeezed between growing rents and ever costlier public services.
    Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Aid is declining and rising debt is squeezing public budgets.
    Obiageli Ezekwesili, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Eggers' stunning visuals and meticulous pace draw viewers into their increasingly desperate mania, gradually wedging open the door between rational interpretation and supernatural inescapability.
    Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Her friends tried to grab her feet and pull her out, but that only wedged her into the space even more.
    Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Ford also carries electronic-jamming aircraft, airborne early warning and control planes, cargo and passenger planes and helicopters.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The all-weather aircraft executed a series of precise manoeuvres, including a hover salute, backward ascent, and vertical climb, before deploying jamming flares in a vivid display of battlefield readiness.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But if the government doesn't reopen soon, these cards will not be loaded.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Three Jays pushed runs across with the bases loaded in the sixth.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2011, a Muslim militant blew himself up in a mosque at a police compound in Cirebon packed with officers during Friday prayers, injuring 30 people.
    NPR, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
  • These under-$30 advent calendars pack plenty of festive fun.
    Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025

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“Sandwich.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandwich. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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