sandwiched

past tense of sandwich
as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow

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Recent Examples of sandwiched How can city planners think that a bike lane sandwiched between two lanes of traffic on a very busy Roosevelt Road over the Chicago River is safe? Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026 This year, McGrath’s booth was sandwiched right between the local Democratic and Republican Party clubs. ABC News, 2 July 2026 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, towns exploded across the Piedmont, an expanse of rolling hills sandwiched between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean. Amethyst Ganaway, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026 And a major new park was to open on Independence Day south of the MacArthur Causeway and sandwiched between Biscayne Bay and Biscayne Boulevard in downtown Miami. Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 By the beginning of next week, as we will be sandwiched between two areas of high pressure, this will allow for the return of very isolated chances of a shower or storm, but most of us will continue to stay hot and dry. Michael Autovino, CBS News, 30 June 2026 Thomas Tuchel’s side qualified with a record of seven points from their three games, with victories over Croatia and Panama sandwiched by a 0-0 draw with Ghana. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 28 June 2026 Standing under her booth on Vine Street Saturday, sandwiched between two other retail vendors, was Iyshia Smith, owner of Amiracle Body Butters & More. Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026 Her intense workdays were sandwiched between long commutes to New York City from New Jersey, leaving little time for family outside her office life. Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandwiched
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  • Being based in southern England, its Latin language is crammed full of English place-names containing the sound /w/, like Winchester, Worcester and Wallingford.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • The catch is that most contractors already have yards crammed with the old-style kit, and while wooden boards wear out after a few years of use, steel tubes can last indefinitely so long as they’re maintained.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 June 2026
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  • The former four-classroom building, now comprised of 11 upscale suites, provides guests with a complimentary three-course breakfast each morning, which includes French toast stuffed with cream cheese.
    Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026
  • There were 68,827-plus souls — a fire hazard of a sellout — stuffed into the concrete oven temporarily known as Levi’s Stadium.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The performance uptick that Motorola squeezed from the 2026 Razr+ is minor at best, with results showing no significant year-over-year gains.
    Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • There was Paris squeezed between meetings on a fleeting work trip.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • Officers located a single vehicle wedged under the Spur 280 bridge.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • With her fingers, Guadalupe Espinoza lightly traced the lettering engraved on a slanted monument wedged alongside the courtyard at the LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes.
    Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • During the last homestand, the day after the bottom of the order struck out consecutively with the bases loaded in what became a walk-off win against the Baltimore Orioles, Roberts called over Ryan Ward and Alex Freeland in the dugout during batting practice.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Detroit, though, loaded the bases with one out in the third on a walk, Altuve's fielding error and a hit batter.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 June 2026

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“Sandwiched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandwiched. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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