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 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 That creamy spread gets sandwiched between tortillas, topped with cheese, and fried in a slick of oil until crisp. Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025 Some 25 months ago, Chris Jones sat in a club-level stadium seat, sandwiched by his two agents, and spent the evening watching a football game. Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sandwich
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  • The 6-4, 330-pound Pennel, who has been part of two Chiefs Super Bowl-championship teams, is considered a run-stuffing lineman.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Made in minutes in the skillet with only precooked cornmeal, water and salt, the corn cake’s fate is to be sliced partway, then stuffed with whatever appeals.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2025
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  • Taking a seat in a small room crammed full of film canisters, Butler took a moment to look at the script before him.
    Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Interior-design firms are touting their ability to build restaurants around delivery, with bike parking, clear signage, dedicated entrances, wallfuls of cubbies to shove bags into—essentially trying to cram two experiences into a building that used to house one.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • George Matysik, executive director of Share Food Program, a Philadelphia food bank, told USA TODAY that food banks are already squeezed by federal funding cuts.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Then, squeeze your Magic Eraser a few times to activate the foaming bubbles.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • 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
  • The first inning heroics was only the beginning of the night for Ohtani, whose three homers were wedged into a pitching performance that went into the seventh inning.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • 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
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  • 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
  • Swain agreed and boarded the red-eye to Heathrow toting a bulging roller suitcase packed full of financials.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
  • Be sure to pack them in a secure zippered toiletry bag with dedicated compartments, too.
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025

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“Sandwich.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandwich. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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